calotte

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calotte

/kəˈlɑt/ US
/kəˈlɒt/ UK

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Borrowed from French calotte.

noun calottes

A skullcap worn by Roman Catholic priests.
Similar: zucchetto
archaic The vertical central area of the crown of a bird's head.
A round cavity or depression, in the form of a cup or cap, lathed and plastered; used to diminish the rise or elevation of a moderate chapel, alcove, etc. which would otherwise be too high for other pieces of the apartment.
The upper (superior) or lower (inferior) half of the globe of the eye.

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@misc{calotte_2026,
  title = {calotte},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/calotte},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}