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calotte

[ kuh-lot ]

calotte

/ əˈɒ /

noun

  1. a skullcap worn by Roman Catholic clergy
  2. architect a concavity in the form of a niche or cup, serving to reduce the apparent height of an alcove or chapel
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of calotte1

First recorded in 1630–40; from French, Middle French: “skullcap,” from ʰDZç calota, or Italian callotta; further origin uncertain; perhaps from Greek 첹ýٰ “veil, cover, hood”; perhaps from Arabic 첹ūٲ “cap”; compare also Latin calautica “woman's headdress”
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of calotte1

C17: from French, from ʰDZç calota, perhaps from Greek kaluptra hood
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Example Sentences

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The calotte of beef was served with shallot marmalade.

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White House officials also announced the menu for the hundreds of guests: a cheese plate featuring three American cheeses; butter-poached Maine lobster; and calotte of beef with triple-cooked butter potatoes.

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She comes with four changes of clothes: a Kelly green ball gown, a teal suit with a calotte hat, a sweater and matching kick pleat skirt and a nightgown with a peignoir.

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While the prison governor was talking with me, the coachman was standing behind him, and showed by gestures how the prisoner had been bound hand and foot, that he had a beard and a calotte on his head, and a handkerchief round his neck.

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Calotte is the name given to the dome of snow at the summit of Mont Blanc.136.Glacier du Dôme.137.This is without a name.138.I do not know the origin of the term moraine.

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