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cloque

[ kloh-key ]

noun

  1. an embossed or quilted fabric. Compare ³Ÿ²¹³Ù±ð±ô²¹²õ²õé.


adjective

  1. having a small, irregular pattern or figured motif woven into a fabric to give a puckered or quilted effect.

³Š±ôŽÇ±ç³Üé

/ ˈ°ì±ôɒ°ì±ðɪ /

noun

    1. a fabric with an embossed surface
    2. ( as modifier )

      a ³Š±ôŽÇ±ç³Üé dress

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of cloque1

1945–50; < French: ³Š±ôŽÇ±ç³Üé embossed, blistered, equivalent to dialectal French ( Picard ) cloque bell, blister ( cloak ) + -é < Latin -Äå³Ù³Ü²õ -ate 1
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of cloque1

from French, literally: blistered
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Example Sentences

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Look up, and there was a mannequin in overblown jewel-toned floral ³Š±ôŽÇ±ç³Üé, leaning languidly over a banister and observing; open a closet and find a trench covered in 44,000 leather and patent “sequins” sewn together to mimic snakeskin; peek behind a door and see a woman clad in puddling iridescent silver.

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On the block will be a robin’s egg blue ³Š±ôŽÇ±ç³Üé silk cocktail dress with satin fringe that Givenchy designed for Hepburn for a 1966 editorial photo shoot with William Klein promoting “Two for the Road” with Albert Finney.

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For the occasion, the Queen wore a deep jade, silk cloque dress by Angela Kelly, as well as a pearl and diamond brooch previously worn by the late Queen Mother.

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It can be Peter Copping’s slow subversion of the appropriate at Oscar de la Renta, pairing sheer skinny knits with rounded tulip skirts, boned at the waist; adding stretch corsetry to a little black dress; and molding dusty floral ³Š±ôŽÇ±ç³Üé over a strapless cocktail number.

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The highlight of the catwalk show, apart from Roitfeld high-fiving most of the models as they passed, was the Giambattista Valli silk cloque dress with sequin-embroidered flowers, and a great bow on the bust.

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