Cloche

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), especially in music directions
• Cloche (agriculture), a covering for protecting plants from cold temperatures
• Cloche (tableware), a silver dish cover
• Cloche hat, a close-fitting women's hat
• Cloche Leythal Pastalia, a character in the 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 (1907–1990), French film director and producer
• Robert Cloche de La Malmaison (died 1717), French governor of Guadeloupe

Places

• La Cloche Mountains, also called La Cloche Range, mountain range in Northern Ontario, Canada
• La Cloche Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada
• Fort La Cloche, historic Hudson's Bay Company post in Northern Ontario, Canada

See also

• Clochette
• La Clochette