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Definition of Toque
1. Noun. A tall white hat with a pouched crown; worn by chefs.
2. Noun. A small round woman's hat.
Definition of Toque
1. n. A kind of cap worn in the 16th century, and copied in modern fashions; -- called also toquet.
Definition of Toque
1. Noun. A type of hat with no brim. ¹
2. Noun. (context: specifically) A tall white hat with no brim of the sort worn by chefs ¹
3. Noun. (by extension informal) A chef. ¹
4. Noun. (Canada) A knitted hat, usually conical but of varying shape, often woollen, and sometimes topped by a pom-pom or tassel. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Toque
1. a close-fitting woman's hat [n -S]
Medical Definition of Toque
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1. A kind of cap worn in the 16th century, and copied in modern fashions; called also toquet. "His velvet toque stuck as airily as ever upon the side of his head." (Motley)
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Toque
Literary usage of Toque
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Captivity of Hans Stade of Hesse: In A.D. 1547-1555, Among the Wild by Hans Staden, Albert Tootal, Richard Francis Burton (1874)
"toque toque means a " tide-rip," here caused by the currents, thrown off by the
... I passed, very unwillingly, a night at the Praia de toque toque Grande, ..."
2. A Dictionary of the Portuguese and English Languages, in Two Parts ...by Antonio Vieyra by Antonio Vieyra (1813)
"Contiguous, adj. contiguo. Contiguously, adv. ¡inmediatamente ju neto, de maneira
que huma cousa toque com outra. Contiguousness, s. Ve Contiguity. ..."
3. Wimples and Crisping Pins: Being Studies in the Coiffure and Ornaments of Women by Theodore Child (1894)
"... THE SPANISH toque ALMOST all those who have written dainty treatises about
the beauty and adornment of women have referred to the opinion of Apuleius as ..."
4. Two Hundred and Nine Days: Or, The Journal of a Traveller on the Continent by Thomas Jefferson Hogg (1827)
"... called toque; it is convenient to have a covering for the head, ... when the
head alone can be seen: the toque is very preferable to our filthy wigs; ..."
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