Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To cloak.
  • 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.

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