Cloche (French for "bell") or la cloche (French for "the bell") may refer to: * Armoured cloche, bell-shaped turrets of the Maginot Line * ''Battement en cloche'', a classical ballet movement *

Bell (instrument) A bell is a struck idiophone, 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 ...

, especially in music directions *

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 clo ...

, a covering for protecting plants from cold temperatures *

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 ...

, a silver dish cover *

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 * Cloche Leythal Pastalia, a character in videogame ''Ar tonelico II: Melody of Metafalica''

People

* Antonin Cloche (died 1720), Master of the Order of Preachers from 1686 to 1720 * James de la Cloche (1644?–1669?), an alleged would-be-illegitimate son of Charles II of England *

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 Acad ...

(1907–1990), French film director and producer * Robert Cloche de La Malmaison (died 1717), French governor of Guadeloupe

Places

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 *

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 wel ...

, Ontario, Canada *

Fort La Cloche La Cloche Provincial Park is a provincial park at the boundary of Algoma District, Algoma and Sudbury District, Sudbury Districts in Ontario, Canada. The park consists of an unspoiled section of the La Cloche Mountains that stretch along the Nort ...

, historic Hudson's Bay Company post in Northern Ontario, Canada