WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
clo•que
(klō kā′),USA pronunciation n.
adj.
- Textilesan embossed or quilted fabric.
adj.
- Textileshaving a small, irregular pattern or figured motif woven into a fabric to give a puckered or quilted effect. Cf. matelassé.
- Latin -ātus -ate1
- French:cloquéembossed, blistered, equivalent. to dialect, dialectal French (Picard) cloque bell, blister (see cloak) + -é
- 1945–50
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