toque
Americannoun
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a brimless and close-fitting hat for women, in any of several shapes.
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a velvet hat with a narrow, sometimes turned-up brim, a full crown, and usually a plume, worn by men and women especially in 16th-century France.
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a tall white hat with pleats, worn by chefs.
noun
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a woman's small round brimless hat, popular esp in Edwardian times
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a hat with a small brim and a pouched crown, popular in the 16th century
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same as tuque
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a chef's tall white hat
Etymology
Origin of toque
First recorded in 1495–1505; from French; replacing earlier toock, towk (from Portuguese touca “coif ”), tock, tocque (from Italian tocca “cap”), and toke (from Spanish toca “headdress”); further origin uncertain
Example Sentences
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She was there, in her chef’s jacket and headscarf and the funny chef’s hat she called a toque.
From Literature
I don't care what some chef in a toque says about caramelizing onions; I want to hear the telephone cord cooking lowdown you'd warn your cousin about when she was making dinner.
From Salon
Other pieces in the collection, which ranges from $275 to $1,350, are a toque, reversible fleece jacket and reversible vest.
From Los Angeles Times
Outside, men chatted around a large metal wood-burning cooker with a stove pipe, two wearing chef’s toques.
From Seattle Times
When I was nine, for instance, I received an Emeril Lagasse-branded miniature chef’s uniform, complete with a starchy white coat and toque.
From Salon
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