Cloche (French for "bell") or la cloche (French for "the bell") may refer to:
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Armoured cloche
The Maginot Line (french: Ligne Maginot, ), named after the Minister of the Armed Forces (France), French Minister of War André Maginot, is a line of concrete fortifications, obstacles and weapon installations built by French Third Republic, F ...
, bell-shaped turrets of the Maginot Line
* ''Battement en cloche'', a
classical ballet movement
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Bell (instrument)
A bell is a directly struck idiophone percussion instrument. Most bells have the shape of a hollow cup that when struck vibrates in a single strong strike tone, with its sides forming an efficient resonator. The strike may be made by an intern ...
, especially in music directions
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Cloche (agriculture)
In agriculture and gardening, a cloche (from French, ''cloche'' for "bell") is a covering for protecting plants from cold temperatures. The original form of a cloche is a bell-shaped glass cover that is placed over an individual plant; modern cl ...
, a covering for protecting plants from cold temperatures
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Cloche (tableware)
A cloche (from the French for "bell") is a tableware cover, sometimes made out of silver though commercially available as glass, stoneware, marble, or other materials. They often resemble a bell, hence the name.
See also
*Tableware
*Masonry oven
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, a silver dish cover
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Cloche hat
The cloche hat or simply cloche () is a fitted, bell-shaped hat for women that was invented in 1908 by milliner Caroline Reboux. They were especially popular from about 1922 to 1933. Its name is derived from ''cloche'', the French word for "bell" ...
, a close-fitting women's hat
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Cloche Leythal Pastalia
''Ar tonelico: Melody of Elemia'', released in Japan as is a role-playing video game developed by Gust Corporation for the PlayStation 2 and originally published by Banpresto in 2006. There are other media releases based on the game, includin ...
, a character in videogame ''Ar tonelico II: Melody of Metafalica''
People
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Antonin Cloche
Antonin Cloche (1628–1720) was the Master of the Order of Preachers from 1686 to 1720.
Early biography
Antonin Cloche was from a rich French family.
Formation
Cloche entered the Dominican Order in the Province of Toulouse.
Career
Under the ...
(died 1720), Master of the Order of Preachers from 1686 to 1720
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James de la Cloche
James de la Cloche (1644–1669; unattested dates) is an alleged would-be-illegitimate son of Charles II of England who would have first joined a Jesuit seminary and then gave up his habit to marry a Neapolitan woman. His existence has not been ...
(1644?–1669?), an alleged would-be-illegitimate son of Charles II of England
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Maurice Cloche Maurice Cloche (17 June 1907, Commercy, Meuse – 23 March 1990, Bordeaux, France) was a French film director, screenwriter, photographer and film producer. Best known for his Oscar-winning film ''Monsieur Vincent'' (1947) he won a 1948 Special Ac ...
(1907–1990), French film director and producer
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Robert Cloche de La Malmaison
Georges Robert Cloche de Mont-Saint-Rémy de La Malmaison (died 1 May 1717) was a French soldier and colonial administrator who was governor of Guadeloupe from 1705 until his death in 1717. In 1713–15 he was acting governor general of the Frenc ...
(died 1717), French governor of Guadeloupe
Places
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La Cloche Mountains
The La Cloche Mountains, also called the La Cloche Range, are a range of mountains in Northern Ontario, Canada, along the northern shore of Lake Huron near Manitoulin Island. The mountains are located in the Canadian Shield, and are composed pr ...
, also called La Cloche Range, mountain range in Northern Ontario, Canada
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La Cloche Provincial Park
La Cloche Provincial Park is a provincial park at the boundary of Algoma and Sudbury Districts in Ontario, Canada. The park consists of an unspoiled section of the La Cloche Mountains that stretch along the North Channel of Georgian Bay, as well ...
, Ontario, Canada
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Fort La Cloche
La Cloche Provincial Park is a provincial park at the boundary of Algoma and Sudbury Districts in Ontario, Canada. The park consists of an unspoiled section of the La Cloche Mountains that stretch along the North Channel of Georgian Bay, as wel ...
, historic Hudson's Bay Company post in Northern Ontario, Canada
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Clochette
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La Clochette
''La Clochette'' (The Little Bell) was a small spiritual magazine published monthly in French from 1901 to 1919 by a Catholic Church organization in Paris named ''La Ligue de la Sainte-Messe'' (The League of the Holy Mass). Father Esther Bouquerel ...
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