Toque

toque

1. A kind of cap worn in the 16th century, and copied in modern fashions; called also toquet. His velvet toque stuck as airily as ever upon the side of his head. (Motley)

2. (Science: zoology) A variety of the bonnet monkey.

Origin: F. Toque; of Celtic origin; cf. W.toc.

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