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calotte

[kuh-lot]

noun

Origin:
1625–35; < French, Middle French: skullcap, perhaps equivalent to Old French cale ribbon for the hair, kind of hat (perhaps from escale shell (see scale¹) taken as a deverbal form with es- ex¹) + -otte diminutive suffix

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calotte (kəˈlɒt)

—n
1.	a skullcap worn by Roman Catholic clergy
2.	architect a concavity in the form of a niche or cup, serving to reduce the apparent height of an alcove or chapel

[C17: from French, from Provençal calota, perhaps from Greek kaluptra hood]

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