Toque Toque A toque ( or ) is a type of hat with a narrow brim or no brim at all. Toques were popular from the 13th to the 16th century in Europe, especially France. The mode was revived in the 1930s. Now it is primarily known as the traditional headgear for professional cooks, except in Canada where the term is primarily used for knit caps. The word has been known in English since 1505. It came through the Medieval French toque (15th century), presumably by the way of the Spanish "toca" "woman's headdress", from Arabic *"taqa" 'طاقة' for "opening". and
Toque macaque Toque macaque The toque macaque ("Macaca sinica") is a reddish-brown-coloured Old World monkey endemic to Sri Lanka, where it is known as the "rilewa" or "rilawa" (Sinhala රිළවා), (hence "rillow" in the "Oxford English Dictionary"). With age, the face of females turn slightly pink, prominent in the subsp. "sinica". "M. s. sinica" is found from the Vavuniya, Mannar, up to the lowlands of Anuradhapura, Polonnaruwa, Puttalam, and Kurunegala along the arid zone of Monaragala, and Hambantota districts. "M. s. aurifrons" can be found sympatrically with subsp. "sinica" within intermediate regions of the country, such as Kegalle, parts of Kurunegala. They