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A knit hat by any other name is still a warm winter cap!
 The tuque … commonly considered to be the national winter hat of Canada, is a knit cap designed to provide warmth in the winter and, according to some wearers, exhibit year-round style. The tuque (or toque … more on that later) is typically a hat knit from wool or synthetic fibers, either brimless or having a folded brim, and may be worn as a cap fit tightly to the skull ... although purists find that the tuque should be worn loose and pointy atop the head.
Outside of Canada, there are a number of other names more commonly used to describe tuques. Knit hat, knit cap, sock cap, stocking cap, watch cap, toboggan, boggan, skull cap, snow hat, snow cap, ski cap, tossle cap, wooly hat, chook and beanie are just a few of the descriptive monikers used in place of toque or tuque.
Now … about the name. Is it TUQUE, TOQUE or TOUQUE? The answer: Yes!
The dictionary provides us with the following definitions ...
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Historically, the forerunner to the tuque we know today was, in fact, the toque. This small, round, close-fitting hat was popular as early as the 12th and 13th centuries, when women wore embroidered toques made of velvet, satin, or taffeta. Late in the 16th century, brimless, black velvet toques became fashionable with men and women.