roquelaure

English

Alternative forms

• rockalow, roquelaire

Etymology

From French roquelaure, from the name of Antoine Gaston de Roquelaure.

Noun

roquelaure (plural roquelaures)

1. (now archaic, historical) A lined and trimmed cloak that reaches to the knees, often with bright-coloured lining and trimmed with fur. [from 18th c.]
   • 1846, Edgar Allan Poe, The Cask of Amontillado:

     Putting on a mask of black silk and drawing a roquelaire closely about my person, I suffered him to hurry me to my palazzo.

   • 1857, Anthony Trollope, Barchester Towers, Volume the Second, →ISBN, page 97:

     “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."

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁɔ.klɔʁ/

Noun

roquelaure f (plural roquelaures)

1. roquelaure

Further reading

• “roquelaure”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.