cloche (redirected from Cloches)

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 [klɒʃ]

n

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / 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

[from French: bell, from Medieval Latin clocca]

Thesaurus

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

cloche [klɒʃ] N → campana f de cristal

cloche [ˈklɒʃ] n

(for plants) → cloche f

cloche

n

(= hat) → Topfhut m

(for plants) → Folien-/Glasschutz m