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cloche

(klōsh)

1. A close-fitting hat with a bell-like shape.

2. A usually bell-shaped cover used to protect plants from frost.

3. A bell-shaped cover used when serving food.

[French, from Old French, bell, from Medieval Latin clocca; see clock¹.]

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cloche

(klɒʃ)

1. (Horticulture) a bell-shaped cover used to protect young plants

2. (Clothing & Fashion) a woman's almost brimless close-fitting hat, typical of the 1920s and 1930s

[C19: from French: bell, from Medieval Latin clocca]

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

cloche

(kloʊʃ, klɔʃ)

n.

a woman's close-fitting hat with a deep, bell-shaped crown and often a narrow, turned-down brim.

[1905–10; < French: bell, bell-jar, Old French < early Medieval Latin clocca. See cloak]

cloche

1. A women’s hat shaped like a bell.

2. A portable protective structure usually made from polythene, plastic or glass. They can usually be placed in a line to warm prepared soil before sowing or to protect a row of early sowings from frost.

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Noun	1.	cloche - a low transparent cover put over young plants to protect them from cold protective cover, protective covering, protection - a covering that is intend to protect from damage or injury; "they had no protection from the fallout"; "wax provided protection for the floors"
	2.	cloche - a woman's close-fitting hat that resembles a helmet woman's hat, millinery - hats for women; the wares sold by a milliner

Translations

campana di vetro

cloche

[klɒʃ] N → campana f de cristal

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

cloche

[ˈklɒʃ] n

(for plants) → cloche f

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

cloche

(= hat) → Topfhut m

(for plants) → Folien-/Glasschutz m

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