cloqué
/ˈkləʊkeɪ
/noun [mass noun]
A fabric with an irregularly raised or embossed surface: [as modifier]: a cotton cloqué suit...
- A process is disclosed for producing cloqué or undulating effects on the surfaces of textile fabrics made from synthetics.
- This jacket beautifully complements the pencil skirt in the same rich black on black cloqué.
Origin
French, literally 'blistered'. It was first recorded (1920s) in the anglicized form cloky; use of the French form dates from the 1950s.
Rhymes
- Great Father
- Great Fire
- Great Forty Days
- great friend
- Great Glen
- great go
- great-grandchild
- great-granddaughter
- great-grandfather
- great-grandmother
- great-grandnephew
- great-grandniece
- great-grandparent
- great-grandsire
- great-grandson
- great gray owl
- great grey owl
- Great Grimsby
- great gun
- Great Hallel
- great-head
- great-hearted
- great-heartedness
- great horned owl
- great horsetail