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English
Etymology
From French roquelaure, from the name of Antoine Gaston de Roquelaure.
Noun
roquelaure (plural roquelaures)
- (now archaic, historical) A lined and trimmed cloak that reaches to the knees, often with bright-coloured lining and trimmed with fur.
1846, Edgar Allan Poe, The Cask of Amontillado:Putting on a mask of black silk and drawing a roquelaire closely about my person, I suffered him to hurry me to my palazzo.
1857, Anthony Trollope, Barchester Towers, Volume the Second, →ISBN, page 97:“Oh Miss Thorne, look here!” said she, as soon as she found herself in the drawing-room, ”do look at my roquelaure! It's clean spoilt, and for ever."
French
Pronunciation
Noun
roquelaure f (plural roquelaures)
- roquelaure
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