Definition of Cloche

1. Noun. A low transparent cover put over young plants to protect them from cold.


2. Noun. A woman's close-fitting hat that resembles a helmet.
Generic synonyms: Millinery, Woman's Hat

Definition of Cloche

1. n. An apparatus used in controlling certain kinds of aëroplanes, and consisting principally of a steering column mounted with a universal joint at the base, which is bellshaped and has attached to it the cables for controlling the wing- warping devices, elevator planes, and the like.

Definition of Cloche

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

2. Noun. A bell-shaped, close-fitting women’s hat with a deep rounded crown and narrow rim. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Cloche

1. a bell-shaped hat [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cloche

cloaths
clobazam
clobber
clobbered
clobbering
clobbers
clobenpropit
clobenzepam
clobenzorex
clobenztropine
clobetasol
clobetasol propionate
clobutinol
clochard
clochards
cloche (current term)
cloches
clocinizine
clock
clock-face timetable
clock-face timetables
clock-generator
clock-watcher
clock-watching
clock dial
clock face
clock faces
clock generator
clock generators
clock golf

Literary usage of Cloche

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Contes divers by Hélène Harvitt (1917)
"LA cloche La petite paroisse de Lande-Fleurie avait une vieille cloche et un vieux curé. La cloche était si fêlée que sa sonnerie ressemblait à une toux de ..."

2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"The story of James de la cloche is indeed itself another historical mystery; ... According to Monsignor Barnes's theory, James de la cloche, who had been ..."

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