(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 2:45:33

Roq"ue*laure [F.; so called after Duc de Roquelaure, in the reign of Louis XIV.]

A cloak reaching about to, or just below, the knees, worn in the 18th century.

[Written also roquelo.]

 

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