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cloche Definition

cloche (klōs̸h)

noun

  1. a transparent covering used to protect or force delicate plants
  2. a closefitting, bell-shaped hat for women

Etymology: Fr < ML clocca, a bell: see clock

cloche Usage Examples

Preposition: from

  • freecycle: Allotment Diary for Friday 3rd February 2006 Back to February entries Cloches from freecycle and I discovered resurgence is still alive and kicking.

Converse of object

  • put: I put some bottle cloches over the least eaten up seedlings.
  • use: Carrots can be sown now for early cropping - use cloches to protect during the winter.
  • make: Jim decided the best way to protect the fruits would be to make a jumbo cloche.
  • place: Check grease bands Enjoy early strawberries by placing cloches over the plants.
  • have: If you have cloches or a poly tunnel, french beans can be sown outside under this protection at the end of March.
  • net: Small netting mesh cloches can be used to keep pests and pets off seeds etc. , too.

Adjective modifier

  • plastic: I have a dill seedling, safely tucked away under a plastic bottle cloche away from the mean old slugs.
  • large: I have some large glass cloches I picked up via freecycle and they would be ideal.
  • mini: I'm planning the opposite way up for my bottle tops - mini cloches to hopefully defend against the evil slugs!
  • Victorian: Victorian Style Cloche Product information The Victorian cloche is an exact replica of those used in the 18th and 19th centuries.
  • traditional: A wide range from traditional cloches to wooden coldframes and huge cloches and professional coldframes.

Modifies a noun

  • hat: She wore brother Jock's trousers and a cloche hat to ride her motorbike!
  • protection: Where sowing in autumn for spring harvest, cloche protection will be required form October to January.

Noun used with modifier

  • tent: I've more sown hopefully germinating in the tent cloche.
  • bottle: Bottle cloches: Protect individual plants from slugs by cutting the bottom off a clear plastic bottle.
  • glass: The Nash family were fruit growers, producing grapes under huge glass cloches that could be rolled into place on a rail track.
  • barn: Covered with a barn cloche or similar they give valuable adaptable lightweight space in the garden.
  • place: Place cloches or fleece over outdoor strawberry plants for an early crop.
  • garden: His first attempt, at age 14, was to make a diving helmet out of a garden cloche!

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