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cloche
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Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
A cloche (from the French for "bell") is a tableware cover, sometimes made out of silver though commercially they are available as glass, stoneware, marble or other materials. They often resemble a bell, hence the name.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 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. 3 (cx aviation English) An apparatus used in controlling ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ A cloche can be purchased at specialty kitchen stores for about forty dollars. ▪ Carrots use cloches for the earliest varieties; sow the same variety every 2-3 weeks through the season. ▪ I bought a cloche , which is a domed ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
cloche \cloche\ n. a woman's close-fitting helmetlike hat. a low transparent cover put over young plants to protect them from cold.
Usage examples of cloche.
Struggling on, battered by trellises strung with swinging, clanging, sharp-edged tin cans, I finally reached canes and cloches and beds of biliously bright flowers.
The garden was a model of orderliness, with rows of cauliflowers and winter cabbage, leeks and Brussels sprouts and, under cloches along one wall, neat rows of seedlings.
Il me semble que ce son retentit dans mon conseil aussi haut que les cloches de Saint-Denis.
The garden was a model of orderliness, with rows of cauliflowers and winter cabbage, leeks and Brussels sprouts and, under cloches along one wall, neat rows of seedlings.
The patch of ground she was trying to clear must at some stage have produced summer salad vegetables, because as she dug she was unearthing the remains of what would have once been metal cloches and the soil was full of splintered pieces of glass.
Her mother wore a navy cloche, the silver roll of her hair caught beneath it with mother-of-pearl combs.
She puts her hands inside the pockets of her dress, sets her cloche on her head, and points herself north or south along the railroad tracks.
In a previous age, I reflected, she might have been a servant in a big house or a stenographer riding the tram to work in a cheap two-piece suit and cloche hat.
A black feather boa was wrapped around her shoulders, and on her head was a cloche hat that dangled onyx pendants over her plucked eyebrows.
She was wearing a bun again, and had a matching cloche, and in the startling red outfit, she made quite an impression.
Finally, she slipped on a long white knitted cardigan, and a small navy blue cloche hat.
On the wall to the left, barely touched by light, was a large tattered tapestry: a scene of women in long dresses and cloche hats riding horses sidesaddle through spring grass and flowers, past a verdant forest.
With the other hand she pulled the black felt cloche becoming to her delicate features though unflattering to so many wearers more snugly over her short hair.
Her hair was tucked under a black cloche and she wore gold earrings and a thin gold necklace.
Alvin hurriedly picked out a hat, a velvet red cloche, something Clara Bow or Lillian Gish might have worn, tugged down the narrow brim.