Obs. Also 6 tuyke. [Etymology uncertain. (See Prof. Weekley in N. & Q., 11th Ser. III. 130.) Connection suggested with F. teugue, tuque, in Boyer, Fr.-Eng. Dict., 1702, ‘tuque, a tarpaulin, or tarpawling,’ Lescallier, Vocab. des Termes de Marine, 1777 has ‘toile de tugue, a canvas covering for the poop of a frigate.’ According to Jal, Gloss. Nautique, related to L. tēgula tiling, subseq. a canvas awning: but in Eng. applied to the material.] Canvas, such as is used for an awning or canopy; but also applied to a finer fabric.
1477. Lanc. Wills (1884), 2. vij yardes Cane Tuke price the yarde vd. … iiij yardes of fustian Tuke, price ye yarde xijd.
1481–90. Howard Househ. Bks. (Roxb.), 416. Item, iiij. yardes of tewke rossett, price vj. s. viij. d.
1494. in Rogers, Agric. & Prices (1882), III. 569 (Oxford). 1 piece of Tewke for Tergates … @ 1/3. Ibid. (1496). 3 yds Tewke 3/4.
1521. MS. Will. A gowne watteryd tuyke.
1527. MS. Inv. Goods T. Cromwell (P.R.O.). ij jerkyns of blacke saten lyned with tuke.
1530. Palsgr., 280/1. Tewke to make purses of, trelis.
1552–3. Inv. Ch. Goods Staffs., in Ann. Lichfield (1863), IV. 75. One canopye of tewke,… iij crosse clothes, ij of sarsneh, and the other of tewke.
1586. Rates of Custome, F j. Tukes the pecce viij. s.
