Cloche
/kloʊʃ/noun
A bell-shaped hat or a glass cover, especially one used to protect plants or food.
Did you know?Cloche ultimately traces back to Latin *clocca*, a word for a bell that spread through medieval Europe and even gave English the word “clock.”
Etymological Timeline
Late Latin
Latin
clocca
“bell”
Old French
Old French
cloche
“bell”
14th Century
French
cloche
“bell”
Early 20th Century
English
cloche
“a bell-shaped hat”
Modern English
English
cloche
“a bell-shaped hat or a protective glass cover”