definitions

cloche

[ klohsh, klawsh ]
/ kloʊʃ, klɔʃ /
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noun

a woman's close-fitting hat with a deep, bell-shaped crown and often a narrow, turned-down brim.
a bell-shaped glass cover placed over a plant to protect it from frost and to force its growth.
a bell-shaped metal or glass cover placed over a plate to keep food warm or fresh.

Nearby words

cloakroom, cloam, clobber, clobbering machine, clochard, cloche, clock, clock golf, clock in, clock is ticking, the, clock jack

Origin of cloche

1905–10; < French: bell, bell-jar < Medieval Latin clocca. See cloak
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Examples from the Web for cloche

  • But am I wrong to assume that this movie was 90 minutes of Jolie looking worried in a cloche hat?

    If I Ran the Oscars|Jessi Klein|January 23, 2009|DAILY BEAST

  • He forgot that; kept the cloche moving; fought the wind with his will as with his body.

    The Trail of the Hawk|Sinclair Lewis

  • I followed down a narrow but well-beaten trail, and so at the end of a half-mile came to the meadow and the post of Cloche.

    The Forest|Stewart Edward White

  • By this time "Cloche" has been spelled, so that the next question is, "Was it the bell?"

    What Shall We Do Now?: Five Hundred Games and Pastimes|Dorothy Canfield Fisher

British Dictionary definitions for cloche

cloche

/ (klɒʃ) /

noun

a bell-shaped cover used to protect young plants
a woman's almost brimless close-fitting hat, typical of the 1920s and 1930s

Word Origin for cloche

C19: from French: bell, from Medieval Latin clocca
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