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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

Rōq'ue-laure, n.

noun

(rŏk'e-lōr) (Synop., § 130), n. [Fr. roquelaure, from the Duc de Roquelaure, in the reign of Louis XIV., who first introduced it.] A cloak or surtout formed to button from top to bottom in front. [Written also roquelo.]