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roquelaire

roquelaire is the obsolete spelling of roquelaure.

Meaning of roquelaure

Noun

roquelaure (plural roquelaures)

  1. (archaic, historical) A lined and trimmed cloak that reaches to the knees, often with bright-coloured lining and trimmed with fur.
    • Putting on a mask of black silk and drawing a roquelaire closely about my person, I suffered him to hurry me to my palazzo.1846, Edgar Allan Poe, The Cask of Amontillado

Forms of roquelaire

pluralroquelaires

Questions about roquelaire

What is roquelaire the obsolete spelling of?
Roquelaire is the obsolete spelling of roquelaure.

Words near roquelaire in the dictionary

  1. roquefortin
  2. roquefortine
  3. roquefortines
  4. roquefortins
  5. Roqueforts
  6. roquelaire
  7. roquelaires
  8. roquelaure
  9. roquelaures
  10. Roquemore
  11. Roquemores

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