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Cloche
//klɒʃ// noun
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Noun
- 1 A glass covering, originally bell-shaped, for garden plants to prevent frost damage and promote early growth.
"Old window screens were shade cloth; flattened cardboard and carpet offcuts were weed matting; plastic bottles, when sliced in half, became little cloches to fit over seedlings to keep them warm."
- 2 a woman's close-fitting hat that resembles a helmet wordnet
- 3 A bell-shaped, close-fitting women’s hat with a deep rounded crown and narrow rim.
"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."
- 4 a low transparent cover put over young plants to protect them from cold wordnet
- 5 A tableware cover, often resembling a bell.
"Pistachio and date-filled cakes glisten under a glass cloche as customers drinking cardamom tea settle into brightly tapestried pouf chairs at the Pouya café and cultural center in Paris."
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- 6 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. historical
Etymology
Borrowed from French cloche (“bell”), from Medieval Latin clocca (“bell”). Doublet of cloak and clock.
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