cloque

[ kloh-key ]

noun

1. an embossed or quilted fabric. Compare matelassé.

adjective

1. having a small, irregular pattern or figured motif woven into a fabric to give a puckered or quilted effect.

cloqué

/ ˈklɒkeɪ /

noun

1. 1. a fabric with an embossed surface
   2. ( as modifier )

      a cloqué dress

Word History and Origins

Origin of cloque¹

1945–50; < French: cloqué embossed, blistered, equivalent to dialectal French ( Picard ) cloque bell, blister ( cloak ) + -é < Latin -ātus -ate ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of cloque¹

from French, literally: blistered

Example Sentences

Look up, and there was a mannequin in overblown jewel-toned floral cloqué, leaning languidly over a banister and observing; open a closet and find a trench covered in 44,000 leather and patent “sequins” sewn together to mimic snakeskin; peek behind a door and see a woman clad in puddling iridescent silver.

From New York Times

On the block will be a robin’s egg blue cloqué silk cocktail dress with satin fringe that Givenchy designed for Hepburn for a 1966 editorial photo shoot with William Klein promoting “Two for the Road” with Albert Finney.

From Los Angeles Times

For the occasion, the Queen wore a deep jade, silk cloque dress by Angela Kelly, as well as a pearl and diamond brooch previously worn by the late Queen Mother.

From BBC

It can be Peter Copping’s slow subversion of the appropriate at Oscar de la Renta, pairing sheer skinny knits with rounded tulip skirts, boned at the waist; adding stretch corsetry to a little black dress; and molding dusty floral cloqué over a strapless cocktail number.

From New York Times

The highlight of the catwalk show, apart from Roitfeld high-fiving most of the models as they passed, was the Giambattista Valli silk cloque dress with sequin-embroidered flowers, and a great bow on the bust.

From Washington Times