/kloh kay"/ , n.
1. an embossed or quilted fabric.
adj.
2. having a small, irregular pattern or figured motif woven into a fabric to give a puckered or quilted effect. Cf. matelassé .
Also, cloqué, cloky .
[ 1945-50; cloqué embossed, blistered, equiv. to dial. F (Picard) cloque bell, blister (see CLOAK) + -é -atus -ATE 1 ]