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cloche
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cloche  (klsh)
n.
1. A close-fitting woman's hat with a bell-like shape.
2. A usually bell-shaped cover, used chiefly to protect plants from frost.
[French, from Old French, bell, from Medieval Latin clocca; see clock1.]
cloche [klosh]
Noun
1. Brit, Austral & NZ a small glass or plastic cover for protecting young plants
2. a woman's close-fitting hat [French: bell]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.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


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Human Rights Campaign The gay rights organization offers the Stripe Equality Cloche Hat ($14.
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Adam Gopnik, for instance, is lightly skewered in "Becoming Picasso" as "the man in the long skirt with the cloche hat, doling out these white feathers to the artists of the past, and hitting them over the head with his parasol.
Leonardo's Nephew: Essays on Art and Artists by Adams, Brooks / Artforum International
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