cloche
noun/klɒʃ/
/kləʊʃ/
- a glass or plastic cover placed over young plants to protect them from cold weather
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- (also cloche hat)a hat that is like a bell in shape and fits close to the head, worn especially in the 1920sTopics Clothes and Fashionc2
Word Originlate 19th cent.: from French, literally ‘bell’, from medieval Latin clocca ‘bell’.
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