cloche
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- noun
- /kloʊʃ/
- Archaic
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sombrero cloche
- The very latest thing in ladies' hats, the cloche model.
- cloche hat
- flapper dress and cloche
- knitted cloche
Examples
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Women started cutting their hair short so it could fit comfortably beneath cloche hats.
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My hat (a 1920s style cloche hat) and my boots match.
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Now, tell me, is that what they call a cloche hat?
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Enter a young woman in a cloche hat.
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Another popular hat is the cloche, which first rose to fame in the 1920s.
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Cloche hats were popular with flapper women.
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Her mother wore a navy cloche, the silver roll of her hair caught beneath it with mother-of-pearl combs.
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Louise came down in her hat, a designer cloche with an elegant feather swooping around, almost under her chin.
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Now, tell me, is that what they call a cloche hat?
Synonyms
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A hat made for women that follows fashion
How Formal
Surface Forms
Etymology
Cloche comes from the French word cloche, meaning 'bell'. The hat is named for its bell-like shape that fits closely around the head, so remembering a cloche as a small bell you wear makes its style easy to picture.