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cloche
[ klohsh, klawsh ]
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.
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
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of cloche1
C19: from French: bell, from Medieval Latin clocca
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Example Sentences
But am I wrong to assume that this movie was 90 minutes of Jolie looking worried in a cloche hat?
From The Daily Beast
St. Helier possesses yet other claims to historical distinction, in the mystery of James de la Cloche.
From Project Gutenberg
This point is in favour of the identity of James Stuart with de la Cloche.
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One dines at the Gran Hotel Kast after the fashion of a champignon sous cloche.
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When he told you that your wife had gone to the Rue Cloche Perce, you would not believe that either!
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He had driven his dogs into Fort la Cloche after a hard day's run in seventy-five degrees of frost.
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