Meanings
plural huques
- alternativeAlternative form of huke (“item of clothing”).
The huque (also huke) was adapted from a short scapular-like garment originally worn over armor. Similar to the tabard, a huque was open at the sides except without tabs under the arms. The huque was primarily a fashionable top garment[…]
2022 January 13, Daniel Delis Hill, History of World Dress and Fashion, Second Edition, Daniel Delis Hill, →ISBN, page 3101 more example
[...] for an archer, a tough, strong fellow, greatly incensed that this woman, of whom he had heard so much, should hold back so many valiant men, got hold of her by her huque of cloth of gold and pulled her to the ground and her men were[…]
2017 October 15, Moya Longstaffe, Joan of Arc and 'The Great Pity of the Land of France', Amberley Publishing Limited, →ISBN
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huque. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/huque
“huque.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/huque. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “huque,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/huque.
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