Presently he saw a gentleman, wrapped up in a roquelaure, alight and enter the inn, and in the next moment he heard the voice of the Marquis.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Romance of the Forest] Reference

His first duty had been to converse with Mrs. Clantantram, and that lady had found it impossible to elicit the slightest sympathy from him on the subject of her roquelaure.    From Wordnik.com.  [Barchester Towers] Reference

So saying, I threw off my roquelaure, and desired him to proceed.    From Wordnik.com.  [Japhet in Search of a Father] Reference

The man did so; I went out and purchased a roquelaure, which enveloped my whole person.    From Wordnik.com.  [Japhet in Search of a Father] Reference

He was wrapped in a laced roquelaure, which he threw off on his entrance into the room.    From Wordnik.com.  [Jack Sheppard A Romance] Reference

A pale war-worn figure stood beside him, leaning on a carbine; his hat drawn over his eyes, and his body wrapped in a tattered roquelaure.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Loyalists, Vol. 1-3 An Historical Novel] Reference

"I shall accept it," replied Ramsay, putting his pistols under his pillow, after having thrown himself on the outside of the bedclothes, pulling his roquelaure over him.    From Wordnik.com.  [Snarley-yow or The Dog Fiend] Reference

And Judge Harbottle, in what was then called a brigadier-wig, with his red roquelaure on, helped the glowing effect of the darkened chamber, which looked red all over like a room on fire.    From Wordnik.com.  [Green Tea; Mr. Justice Harbottle] Reference

Before he could reply, a gentleman habited in a riding dress, and a large red roquelaure, entered the room hastily, threw off his hat and cloak, and advanced at once with a somewhat rough air to the bedside.    From Wordnik.com.  [The King's Highway] Reference

The scene was therefore at once lovely and silent, when the good Dr. Rochecliffe, wrapped in a scarlet roquelaure, which had seen service in its day, muffling his face more from habit than necessity, and supporting.    From Wordnik.com.  [Woodstock] Reference

He averred that he required his old hunting-suits for accidents; his summer-jackets and vests, though faded, were the coolest in the world; his worm-eaten but warm roquelaure was admirable for riding about the fields, &c.    From Wordnik.com.  [Recollections of a Southern matron,] Reference

His rights and dignities, however, were disregarded; his wig and cane and scarlet roquelaure were of no avail; Mrs. Sidebotham sided with the hero of the pestle and mortar; and Goldsmith flung out of the house in a passion.    From Wordnik.com.  [Oliver Goldsmith A Biography] Reference

"I am very fortunate," said he, with that smile which so few ever resisted, "to find you at home, Lord Borodaile; but as the day was wet, I thought I should have some chance of that pleasure; I therefore wrapped myself up in my roquelaure, and here I am.".    From Wordnik.com.  [The Disowned — Complete] Reference

Mamma swallowed as if a dry artichoke was in her throat, as she said, slowly, "Why, colonel, you know you had not worn that coat for months, and as you have another one, and a roquelaure, and the coat was full of moth holes, I exchanged it with the pedler for cut glass and plate.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Recollections of a Southern matron,] Reference

Indeed, so effective did his first suit seem to be -- the purple silk small-clothes, the scarlet roquelaure, the wig, sword, and gold-headed cane -- that, as Mr. Forster says, he "amazed his friends with no less than three similar suits, not less expensive, in the next six months.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Goldsmith English Men of Letters Series] Reference

He had to sit down, being very much exhausted, and unable for a little time to speak; and then he had a fit of coughing, and after that a fit of gasping; and thus two or three minutes passed, during which the Judge dropped his roquelaure on an arm-chair, and threw his cocked-hat over that.    From Wordnik.com.  [Green Tea; Mr. Justice Harbottle] Reference

Julian was so situated, that he could, from the same casement through which Empson was peeping, observe a man in a laced roquelaure, and carrying his rapier under his arm, glide from the door by which he had himself entered, and out of the court, keeping as much as possible under the shade of the buildings.    From Wordnik.com.  [Peveril of the Peak] Reference

Derrick, whom she had not seen for three years, returned in visible distress, mounted upon a wretched animal; his head armed with no other defence from a raging storm, than what a red cap afforded; his person partly covered by an old roquelaure; beneath which, he seemed to bear a considerable burden, drenched with wet.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Irish Guardian, or, Errors of Eccentricity] Reference

He accordingly launched himself upon the town in style; hired a man-servant; replenished his wardrobe at considerable expense, and appeared in a professional wig and cane, purple silk small-clothes, and a scarlet roquelaure buttoned to the chin: a fantastic garb, as we should think at the present day, but not unsuited to the fashion of the times.    From Wordnik.com.  [Oliver Goldsmith A Biography] Reference

As he made his way with some difficulty through the throng, he was aware that he brushed against a man in a great peruke, who, despite the heat of the house, was wrapped in an old roquelaure tawdrily laced; also that the man was keeping stealthy pace with him, and that when he at last reached his station the cloaked figure fell into place immediately behind him.    From Wordnik.com.  [Audrey] Reference

A bad night, of wrapping myself up warm in my roquelaure, and paying a visit to this poor gentleman. —.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman] Reference

GeorgiaVet in reply to a comment from roquelaure.    From Wordnik.com.  [Top GOP Rep: Obama's Turnout Could Sink Us In The South] Reference

Jeff Evans in reply to a comment from roquelaure.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lieberman On Questioning Obama's Commitment To Israel: "Why Wouldn't I Do That?"] Reference

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Posted by roquelaure in reply to a comment from Jeff Evans.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lieberman On Questioning Obama's Commitment To Israel: "Why Wouldn't I Do That?"] Reference

Posted by roquelaure in reply to a comment from obamagirl68.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lieberman On Questioning Obama's Commitment To Israel: "Why Wouldn't I Do That?"] Reference

I should be well pleased, however, to have a cloak, if one of your grace's servants could bring me either a common riding cloak or a roquelaure. ".    From Wordnik.com.  [The King's Highway] Reference

He then, to her great amazement, slowly and cautiously unfolded the ragged roquelaure, from which he drew a little creature, wrapt in a man’s surtout, which added to a small bundle that was fastened about Patrick’s arm, made his burthen of a tolerable magnitude.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Irish Guardian, or, Errors of Eccentricity] Reference

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His clothes, generally, were filthy and ragged; but as he came, now and then, within the strong glare of a lamp, I perceived that his linen, although dirty, was of beautiful texture; and my vision deceived me, or, through a rent in a closely-buttoned and evidently second-handed roquelaure which enveloped him, I caught a glimpse both of a diamond and of a dagger.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Man of the Crowd] Reference