Definition of cloche in English:
cloche
noun klɒʃkləʊʃkloʊʃ
1A small translucent cover for protecting or forcing outdoor plants.
保护（或催熟）户外植物的半透明罩- In recent years, all this has changed and 70% of production of fresh market strawberries takes place in glasshouses, tunnels and cloches.
- Grown outdoors they tend to bolt in summer but indoors or under a cloche they should crop right through until Easter.
- Cover this with cloches or a cold frame and wait until the temperature drops to 25C before sowing early salads, broad beans and herbs.
- Sow an early batch of parsley in a cold frame or under a cloche.
- In mid-spring, remove the cloches, give the plants a support if necessary, keep free from weeds and water in dry spells.
- Put a cloche over your parsley for winter pickings.
- Cover the area with cloches to protect from the worst of the weather and pests.
- This can be done by covering the plant with a cloche in wet weather.
- The cones have remained unmoved for so long that they have acted like cloches to force-grow the grass, which is now sprouting out of the open tops.
- Colonial gardeners also used cloches, or bell glasses, to nurture fragile seedlings and extend the growing season.
- In very cold areas you can keep them under cover and plant out under cloches in early spring.
- A cut off clear plastic water bottle makes a good cloche.
- This second layer can take the shape of a cold frame, cloche, or even just another sheet of plastic, suspended above the plants using wires for support.
- Originally, cloches were constructed out of glass bell jars and were used to protect individual plants.
- Plant under cloches and begin covering at night when temperatures drop below 35 degrees.
- After a couple of weeks under cover, the soil temperature below the cloches will have risen sufficiently to help seed germination.
- Winter lettuce is available, but this is best protected with a cloche.
- Sow peas and broad beans under cloches or in small pots in a cold greenhouse.
- Plant lettuce, spinach and other greens directly into garden beds and protect from the elements with a cloche or row cover.
- In colder areas, a plastic cloche or a cold-frame can be used to keep these vegetables cropping.
2A woman's close-fitting bell-shaped hat.
窄紧的钟形女帽- The cloche hat is almost like one of those clown hats.
- The Cat's Meow is an intriguing velvet cloche hat amidst the bowlers, sombreros, hard hats, and baseball caps in the Hollywood closet.
- The whole experience makes you yearn to wear white gloves and a cloche hat, and to visit at tea-time for a tall glass of ice-cream.
- The Cotton Club numbers are pastel-hued caps and cloches.
- In the first, the ‘Girl’ in a cloche hat (tight-fitting, bell-shaped), with only one lock of hair peeking out, stands in the center of the picture in profile, looking off to the left.
- For smarter looks, little blouses, pleated skirts and twinsets are given a flapper flavour with cloches hats, pearls and dainty shoes.
- Elizabeth quietly sipped her tea and was glad she wore her wide brimmed hat instead of her cloche hat today.
- She put it on, and then chose a matching veiled cloche from the clothes press, which she perched on her head, low over her bangs.
- Alternatively, find your own inspiration from the era: for the girls, red lipstick, exaggerated eyebrows, hair clasps, little cloche hats and lots of flapper-style beads.
- George wore the long, pencil-shaped dresses that so many girls her age found fashionable with a cloche hat.
- Mary's cloche hat was drooping over her face with her reddish blond curls weighed heavily almost to the base of her neck.
- She looked very prim but stylish in a blue suit with a matching cloche hat.
Origin
Late 19th century: from French, literally 'bell' (see cloak).
Rhymes
awash, Bosch, bosh, brioche, cohosh, cosh, dosh, Foch, galosh, gosh, josh, mosh, nosh, posh, quash, slosh, splosh, squash, swash, tosh, wash
Definition of cloche in US English:
cloche
nounklōSHkloʊʃ
1A small translucent cover for protecting or forcing outdoor plants.
保护（或催熟）户外植物的半透明罩- Cover this with cloches or a cold frame and wait until the temperature drops to 25C before sowing early salads, broad beans and herbs.
- Originally, cloches were constructed out of glass bell jars and were used to protect individual plants.
- Colonial gardeners also used cloches, or bell glasses, to nurture fragile seedlings and extend the growing season.
- This can be done by covering the plant with a cloche in wet weather.
- The cones have remained unmoved for so long that they have acted like cloches to force-grow the grass, which is now sprouting out of the open tops.
- After a couple of weeks under cover, the soil temperature below the cloches will have risen sufficiently to help seed germination.
- Winter lettuce is available, but this is best protected with a cloche.
- In mid-spring, remove the cloches, give the plants a support if necessary, keep free from weeds and water in dry spells.
- Plant lettuce, spinach and other greens directly into garden beds and protect from the elements with a cloche or row cover.
- Plant under cloches and begin covering at night when temperatures drop below 35 degrees.
- Sow peas and broad beans under cloches or in small pots in a cold greenhouse.
- Cover the area with cloches to protect from the worst of the weather and pests.
- In recent years, all this has changed and 70% of production of fresh market strawberries takes place in glasshouses, tunnels and cloches.
- In colder areas, a plastic cloche or a cold-frame can be used to keep these vegetables cropping.
- Put a cloche over your parsley for winter pickings.
- Grown outdoors they tend to bolt in summer but indoors or under a cloche they should crop right through until Easter.
- A cut off clear plastic water bottle makes a good cloche.
- Sow an early batch of parsley in a cold frame or under a cloche.
- This second layer can take the shape of a cold frame, cloche, or even just another sheet of plastic, suspended above the plants using wires for support.
- In very cold areas you can keep them under cover and plant out under cloches in early spring.
- 1.1 A woman's close-fitting, bell-shaped hat.窄紧的钟形女帽
- Mary's cloche hat was drooping over her face with her reddish blond curls weighed heavily almost to the base of her neck.
- Alternatively, find your own inspiration from the era: for the girls, red lipstick, exaggerated eyebrows, hair clasps, little cloche hats and lots of flapper-style beads.
- For smarter looks, little blouses, pleated skirts and twinsets are given a flapper flavour with cloches hats, pearls and dainty shoes.
- She put it on, and then chose a matching veiled cloche from the clothes press, which she perched on her head, low over her bangs.
- George wore the long, pencil-shaped dresses that so many girls her age found fashionable with a cloche hat.
- She looked very prim but stylish in a blue suit with a matching cloche hat.
- The Cotton Club numbers are pastel-hued caps and cloches.
- In the first, the ‘Girl’ in a cloche hat (tight-fitting, bell-shaped), with only one lock of hair peeking out, stands in the center of the picture in profile, looking off to the left.
- The Cat's Meow is an intriguing velvet cloche hat amidst the bowlers, sombreros, hard hats, and baseball caps in the Hollywood closet.
- The whole experience makes you yearn to wear white gloves and a cloche hat, and to visit at tea-time for a tall glass of ice-cream.
- Elizabeth quietly sipped her tea and was glad she wore her wide brimmed hat instead of her cloche hat today.
- The cloche hat is almost like one of those clown hats.
Origin
Late 19th century: from French, literally ‘bell’ (see cloak).