Also means
wreck (of a person)
Usage Note
Loque in its plural form loques typically means rags or tattered clothes (vêtements en loques — clothes in tatters). Used of a person, une loque vividly describes someone completely exhausted or broken down. The word has a mildly pejorative register.
Examples
"Ses vêtements tombaient en loques."
Natural Translation
His clothes were falling to rags.

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