roquelaure
roquelaure noun: a lined and trimmed cloak that reaches to the knees, often with bright-coloured lining and trimmed with fur.
Noun
roquelaure (plural roquelaures)
- 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
- “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."1857, Anthony Trollope, Barchester Towers, Volume the Second, →ISBN, page 97
Forms of roquelaure
| plural | roquelaures |
|---|---|
| alternative form | rockalow |
| alternative form | roquelaire |
Origin of roquelaure
From French roquelaure, from the name of Antoine Gaston de Roquelaure.
Questions about roquelaure
- What does roquelaure mean?
- Roquelaure means a lined and trimmed cloak that reaches to the knees, often with bright-coloured lining and trimmed with fur.
- What part of speech is roquelaure?
- Roquelaure is a noun.
- What is the plural of roquelaure?
- The plural of roquelaure is roquelaures.
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