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A toque (/ t oʊ k / [1] or / t ɒ k /) is a type of hat with a narrow brim or no brim at all. [2]Toques were popular from the 13th to the 16th century in Europe, especially France. They were revived in the 1930s; nowadays, they are primarily known as the traditional headgear for professional cooks, except in Canada, where the term toque is used interchangeably with the French Canadian ...
In American English, this type of hat is known as a beanie or a watch cap, while in Canadian English, a knit cap is known as a toque, or tuque (pronounced / t uː k /). Construction [ edit ]
According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the etymology is uncertain, but probably derives from the slang term "bean", meaning "head".In New Zealand and Australia, the term "beanie" is normally applied to a knit cap known as a toque in Canada and parts of the US, but also may apply to the kind of skull cap historically worn by surf lifesavers [1] and still worn during surf sports. [2]
the plural form of touque, a regional variation of tuque/toque (a knitted hat, usually made of wool). See also. All pages with titles beginning with Touques; All ...
Old woman in sunbonnet (c. 1930). Photograph by Doris Ulmann A bonnet decorated with lace and tulle from the 1880s. Bonnet has been used as the name for a wide variety of headgear for females-from the Middle Ages to the present.
The tuque is decended from the toque, a fashionable sixteenth century women's hat worn in France and generally made of velvet.The French-Canadian Voyageurs borrowed the term and applied it to the somewhat similar knit hats that were a necessity for warmth.
A tuque (toque) is a type of knit cap. Tuque may also refer to: Tuque Creek, Warren County, Missouri, USA; a creek; La Tuque, Quebec, Canada (French: The Tuque); a city in Mauricie on the Saint-Maurice River; El Tuque, Ponce, Puerto Rico (Spanish: The Tuque); a beach; Tuque Games, a Canadian videogame developer
A toque is any of a variety of hats.. Toque may also refer to: . La Tuque, Quebec, a Canadian city; Toques, Spain, Spanish municipality; Flamenco guitar playing; Toque, a ceremony or polyrhythmic composition using the Batá drum