huke

English

Alternative forms

• huque, heuk, heuke, hyke

Etymology

From Old French huque, from Latin huca. See Dutch huik (“sleeveless cape”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /h(j)uːk/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -uːk

Noun

huke (plural hukes)

1. (historical) An outer garment (robe or cloak) worn by men and women in Europe in the Middle Ages, either as civilian clothing or over armor.
   • 1631, Francis [Bacon], “(please specify |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], 3rd edition, London: […] William Rawley; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC:

     there came one that seemed to be a messenger , in a rich huke

   • 1930, “The real Joan of Arc: a manly maid - her appearance, her dress, her armour”, in The Illustrated London News:

     Her only extravagances were fine accoutrements, gorgeous hukes, and mighty war-horses.

   • 1980, A. Ernestine Jones, The Trial of Joan of Arc:

     Judging from the surviving documents it would appear that Charles VII did nothing at all about Joan of Arc [...] but [she] also swore that she herself was often visited by God, dressed in a white robe with a scarlet huke over it.

   • 2015 March 12, Phyllis G. Tortora, Sara B. Marcketti, Survey of Historic Costume, Bloomsbury Publishing USA, →ISBN, page 173:

     […] but after this date “white” armor, or highly polished metal armor, was rarely covered except by a tabard or huke […]

Translations

medieval clothing

• French: huque (fr) f
• German: Heuke (de) f

Further reading

• “huke”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• heuk, kueh

Basque

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /huke/ [hu.ke]
• IPA^(key): (Southern) /uke/ [u.ke]
• Rhymes: -uke
• Hyphenation: hu‧ke

Verb

huke

1. Informal second-person singular (hik), taking third-person singular (hura) as direct object, hypothetic consequential indicative form of izan.

Usage notes

Linguistically, this verb form can be seen as belonging to the reconstructed citation form edun instead of izan.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From the noun huk.

Verb

huke (imperative huk, present tense huker, passive hukes, simple past huka or huket or hukte, past participle huka or huket or hukt, present participle hukende)

1. to hook, to pull in with a hook
2. to grab, snatch
3. huke tak (i) - to catch hold (of)

Etymology 2

From Old Norse húka and huk.

Verb

huke (imperative huk, present tense huker, passive hukes, simple past huka or huket or hukte, past participle huka or huket or hukt, present participle hukende)

1. (reflexive) to crouch, squat

References

• “huke” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “huke_1” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
• “huke_2” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• huka

Etymology 1

From the noun huk.

Verb

huke (present tense hukar, past tense huka, past participle huka, passive infinitive hukast, present participle hukande, imperative huke/huk)

1. to hook, to pull in with a hook
2. to grab, snatch
3. huke tak (i) - to catch hold (of)

Etymology 2

From Old Norse húka and huk.

Verb

huke (present tense huker, past tense hukte, past participle hukt, passive infinitive hukast, present participle hukande, imperative huk)

1. (reflexive) to crouch, squat

References

• “huke” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.