‖ cloqué
(klɔke)
Also cloque.
[F. cloqué blistered, cloque blister.]
A fabric with a surface raised irregularly in a blistered or embossed effect. Also attrib. Cf. cloky.
| 1950 ‘Mercury’ Dict. Textile Terms 128/1 Cloque cloth, same as ‘Blister’ cloth. 1957 Textile Terms & Defs. (ed. 3) 28 Cloqué, a compound or double fabric with a figured blister effect brought about by the use of yarns of different character or twist. 1963 Times 27 Feb. 12/5 Other evening designs often in cloque gauze flowed loosely over the figure. 1965 Punch 18 Aug. 254/2 Jacques Esterel's rain redingote and gaiters of scarlet cloqué. |