5 January 2016
cloche
[klohsh, klawsh]
noun
1. a woman’s close-fitting hat with a deep, bell-shaped crown and often a narrow, turned-down brim.
2. a bell-shaped glass cover placed over a plant to protect it from frost and to force its growth.
3. a bell-shaped metal or glass cover placed over a plate to keep food warm or fresh.
Origin of cloche
Medieval Latin
1905-1910; < French: bell, bell-jar < Medieval Latin clocca. See cloak
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Examples from the Web for cloche
Contemporary Examples
But am I wrong to assume that this movie was 90 minutes of Jolie looking worried in a cloche hat?
If I Ran the Oscars
Jessi Klein
January 22, 2009
Historical Examples
He forgot that; kept the cloche moving; fought the wind with his will as with his body.
The Trail of the Hawk
Sinclair Lewis
I followed down a narrow but well-beaten trail, and so at the end of a half-mile came to the meadow and the post of cloche.
The Forest
Stewart Edward White
By this time ” cloche ” has been spelled, so that the next question is, “Was it the bell?”
What Shall We Do Now?: Five Hundred Games and Pastimes
Dorothy Canfield Fisher
Today’s quote
Americans are apocalyptic by nature. The reason why is that we’ve always had so much, so we live in deadly fear that people are going to take it away from us.
– Stephen King
On this day
5 January – the twelfth day of the 12 days of Christmas (Western Christianity).
5 January 1914 – Henry Ford introduces the $5 per day wage, which was double the rate previously offered. Ford believed it would help him keep his best people and that it would enable his workers to buy Ford cars.
5 January 1933 – work commences on San Francisco’s Golden Gate bridge. It was completed on 19 April 1937. The bridge is 2.7km long and 227.4m high.
5 January 1945 – First use of kamikaze pilots. Battle of Lingayan Gulf, Philippines. Allied forces attack Japanese positions. Japan had a seriously weakened air force that was now mainly comprised of inexperienced pilots, so authorised the first use of kamikaze (divine wind) attacks. USA ships included the USS Mississippi, New Mexico and Colorado. Australian ships included the HMAS Australia, Shropshire, Arunta, Warramunga, Gascoyne and Warrego. The Allies lost 30 ships, with 67 others damaged. Japanese casualties are unknown, however, the battle was a victory for the Allies.
5 January 1968 – the ‘Prague Spring’ in Czechoslovakia occurred through the political and economic reforms of leader Alexander Dubcek aimed at introducing ‘socialism with a human face’. The reforms included freedom of speech and allowing non-communist political organisations. The Soviet Union were less enthusiastic about these reforms and invaded Czechoslovakia with 600,000 troops.