toque

noun8

1. •
   A type of hat with no brim.

   • She drank a glass of wine mixed with water, took off her felt toque and her shoes, and slid beneath the red eiderdown. — 1932
2. •
   A tall white hat with no brim of the sort worn by chefs.

   • Chef Felder was in her early forties, slender, with short wavy brown hair, almost all of which could be contained within her toque. — 1999
3. •
   (Canada) A knitted hat, usually conical but of varying shape, often woollen, and sometimes topped by a pom-pom or tassel.

   • It was like entering the Millennial id. Craft beer and cucumber water poured from kitchen taps. Laptoppers in jeans and toques clacked along to MGMT in the wood-paneled common area. — 2018
4. •
   (informal) A chef.

   • Sam Mason first grabbed the spotlight as the pastry chef ... for being the most rock 'n' roll toque in town. — 2007
5. •
   A rhythm used in Latin music, especially Cuban religious rituals.
6. •
   The guitar part of flamenco music.
7. •
   A variety of bonnet monkey; toque macaque, Macaca sinica.
8. •
   (historical) An African nominal money of account, equal to 40 cowries.