Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A small bow or loop of ribbon used in decorative trimming.

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

  • noun A small loop or bow of ribbon used in making hats, boas, etc.

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Examples

  • When she had the ingredients, Maman made something she called coque, or matefaim, roughly translated as "hunger quencher," a kind of

    NPR Topics: News 2010

  • When she had the ingredients, Maman made something she called coque, or matefaim, roughly translated as "hunger quencher," a kind of

    NPR Topics: News 2010

  • It wasn't such a pretty sight before the "coque" was unfinished when we moved here, leaving a concrete "plage" all around.

    enflure - French Word-A-Day 2010

  • It wasn't such a pretty sight before (the "coque" was unfinished when we moved here, leaving a concrete "plage" all around.

    enflure - French Word-A-Day 2010

  • However, when my sister got married, her English mother-in-law referred to it constantly as a “coque en bouche”.

    une pièce montée 2008

  • The napkin rings slide on, then off, as we settle in to a petit déjeuner* of farm fresh eggs "à la coque" * and buttery "toast fingers," breakfasting with the abandon of giglets at a tea party.

    French Word-A-Day: 2007

  • The napkin rings slide on, then off, as we settle in to a petit déjeuner* of farm fresh eggs "à la coque" * and buttery "toast fingers," breakfasting with the abandon of giglets at a tea party.

    French Word-A-Day: 2007

  • As it is clearly not a tandem, the Isaac Force spaceframe rider has just one coque.

    The Cruelty of Fate: Victimized Velos BikeSnobNYC 2009

  • La coque de son écran est en alliage de magnesium, soit vingt fois plus résistante aux chocs et deformations que les plastiques utilisés habituellement.

    Pro-Consumerist Poet #2 : Kenneth Goldsmith : Harriet the Blog : The Poetry Foundation 2007

  • The napkin rings slide on, then off, as we settle in to a petit déjeuner* of farm fresh eggs "à la coque" * and buttery "toast fingers," breakfasting with the abandon of giglets at a tea party.

    oeuvre - French Word-A-Day 2007

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