Read this excerpt from "The Cask of Amontillado" by Edgar Allan Poe and answer the question.

"A sign," he said.
"It is this," I answer, producing a trowel from beneath the folds of my roquelaire.
"You jest," he exclaimed, recoiling a few paces. "But let us proceed to the Amontillado."
"Be it so," I said replacing the tool beneath the cloak, and again offering him my arm.

Using context clues, what does the term roquelaire most probably mean?

pants
tool
arm
cloak

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Answer:

cloak

Explanation:

A roquelaire is an of 18th/19th century cloak-like garment. Even without prior knowledge, this can be deduced from context due to the fact that the trowel (a type of handheld tool) could not be produced from "beneath the folds" of any of the other answer choices.

Answer:

A roquelaire is an of 18th/19th century cloak-like garment.