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
- dematerialization
- dematerialize
- de Maupassant, Guy
- deme
- demean
- demeaning
- demeaningly
- demeanor
- demeanour
- de' Medici
- de' Medici, Catherine
- de Medici collar
- de' Medici, Cosimo
- de' Medici, Giovanni
- de' Medici, Lorenzo
- dement
- dementalise
- dementalised
- dementalising
- dementalize
- dementalized
- dementalizing
- dementated
- dementation
- demented