Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Cloche

Cloche , noun

[French, prop., bell.]

(Aeronautics) An apparatus used in controlling certain kinds of aeroplanes, and consisting principally of a steering column mounted with a universal joint at the base, which is bellshaped and has attached to it the cables for controlling the wing-warping devices, elevator planes, and the like.

cloche , noun

1.
a woman's close-fitting helmetlike hat.
2.
a low transparent cover put over young plants to protect them from cold.