toque
a brimless and close-fitting hat for women, in any of several shapes.
a velvet hat with a narrow, sometimes turned-up brim, a full crown, and usually a plume, worn by men and women especially in 16th-century France.
a tall white hat with pleats, worn by chefs.
Origin of toque
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How to use toque in a sentence
Ah, my friends of the feather toques and the winged head-gear, what have we to answer for?
Gardens of the Caribbees, v. 1/2 | Ida May Hill StarrAnd no more performing-dog toques, but big hats and feathers and motor-cars and furs, but no goggles!
The Bill-Toppers | Andre CastaigneAnd away she and her sister skipped, to put on the brown toques, and to refresh themselves with a powder puff.
Mount Royal, Volume 2 of 3 | Mary Elizabeth BraddonAt the spring opening she always displayed one of those little toques completely covered with violets.
Half Portions | Edna FerberThen it was discovered here that the abandoned toques might be sewed together to make mufflers.
America's Munitions 1917-1918 | Benedict Crowell
British Dictionary definitions for toque
/ (təʊk) /
a woman's small round brimless hat, popular esp in Edwardian times
a hat with a small brim and a pouched crown, popular in the 16th century
Canadian same as tuque (def. 2)
a chef's tall white hat
Origin of toque
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