noun, feminine/klɔʃ/plural: cloches
bell (metal apparatus used to produce sound); a glass covering, originally bell-shaped, for garden plants to prevent frost damage and promote early growth; a bell-shaped, close-fitting women’s hat with a deep rounded crown and narrow rim; cloche (tableware cover, often resembling a bell); a clumsy person, an oaf
From Medieval Latin clocca, from Proto-Celtic *klokkos (see also Welsh cloch, Old Irish cloc), ultimately imitative. Related to Old English clucge, Low German Klock (“bell, clock”), German Glocke, Swedish klocka.