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Originally Posted by tubemonkey
It's primarily a Canadian term. We need some Canucks to weigh in on this.
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Tuques, or as I more commonly see it up here, Toques, are a term for knitted wool (or now synthetic) hats. It's a very large category and refers to almost everything you would see on a mountain while skiing or snowboarding, other than a helmet.
The category includes either no brims or a folded brims (either sewed tight or adjustable by the wearer); pom-poms or no pom-poms; ear flaps or no ear flaps; tight fitting to the head or a large empty bulge above the head; and single colour or complex patterns. I don't believe the ones with elaborate attachments (like a jester style one) or a ball cap style brim count, but I have heard the term applied to both of those as well.
They're usually pulled down to between the top of the ear, or just below, depending on the style and how cold it is. For the adjustable folded brim, many people unfold it in extreme cold to cover more of their head.
In Vancouver it was the most common form of hat until hipsters started ironically wearing other types of hats all the time.