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Definition of "cloche"

cloche

/klɒʃ/
  • noun

    plural cloches

    1. A glass covering, originally bell-shaped, for garden plants to prevent frost damage and promote early growth.  

    2. A bell-shaped, close-fitting women’s hat with a deep rounded crown and narrow rim.    

      Quotations

      • Faux 19th-century bartenders in sleeve garters and baroque facial hair ply their trade in pre-Prohibition bars. Women wearing cloche hats order sidecars at speakeasies.

        2011 October 3, Wayne Curtis, “From Tiki to Tacky—and Back”, in The Atlantic‎

    3. A tableware cover, often resembling a bell.  

    4. (aviation, historical) An apparatus used in controlling certain aeroplanes, consisting principally of a steering column mounted with a universal joint at the base, which is bell-shaped and has attached to it the cables for controlling the wing-warping devices, elevator planes, etc.

Similar words

  • cloches
  • clothe
  • cliches
  • clocked
  • clothed
  • clothes
  • cache
  • cliché
  • clock
  • clocks

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  • Cloche - Wikipedia
  • cloche - Wiktionary
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