calotte (English, noun)
expansion: calotte (plural calottes)
Senses:
glosses: A skullcap worn by Roman Catholic priests.
glosses: The vertical central area of the crown of a bird's head.
tags: archaic
topics: architecture
glosses: 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.
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: The upper (superior) or lower (inferior) half of the globe of the eye.
Forms:
form: calottes
tags: plural