Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun An outer garment worn during the fifteenth century in western Europe, the form and character of which are not certain. It appears to have been often decorated with fur.
  • To cloak.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun obsolete An outer garment worn in Europe in the Middle Ages.

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  • noun obsolete An outer garment worn in Europe in the Middle Ages.

Etymologies

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Old French huque, Latin huca; compare Danish(?) huik.

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Examples

  • And please, for the love of everything noble, remember this: Pheremones do not dance. huke Says:

    HARVEST MOON • by Scotch Rutherford 2009

  • And as we were thus in conference, there came one that seemed to be a messenger, in a rich huke, that spake with the Jew; whereupon he turned to me, and said, “You will pardon me, for I am commanded away in haste.”

    The New Atlantis 2002

  • To be cleared from his doubts the royal poet ventures into the kingdom of Venus, and finds her stretched on her couch, her white shoulders covered with "ane huke," a loose dress that Chaucer had not placed upon them.

    A Literary History of the English People From the Origins to the Renaissance Jean Jules Jusserand

  • And as we were thus in conference, there came one that seemed to be a messenger, in a rich huke, 21 that spake with the Jew: whereupon he turned to me and said; “You will pardon me, for I am commanded away in haste.

    Paras 30-59 1909

  • Black Rock Shooter, the original character designed by huke, is joining the posable Nendoroid

    Anime Nano! 2010

  • Popular Nitroplus/huke visual novel Steins; Gate, originally released on the Xbox 360 and with a PC version on the …

    AnimeBlogger.net Antenna 2010

  • An artist named huke drew a picture of BRS, some one thought it was awesome and made a song for it.

    Anime Nano! 2010

  • The artist huke (Black Rock Shooter) designed the characters.

    Anime News Network 2010

  • At the forest reserve we had a 40min huke up a hill, or so and there were given our harnesses.

    TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2010

  • And as we were thus in conference, there came one that seemed to be a messenger, in a rich huke, that spake with the

    The New Atlantis 1626

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  • A cape or cloak with a hood.

    August 15, 2008