Also means
cloche hat
Usage Note
Cloche refers to a bell in the general sense, and also to the cloche hat popular in the 1920s. The phrase déménager à la cloche de bois (to move out stealthily) means to skip out on rent. La cloche can also informally mean a fool or a dunce in colloquial French.
Examples
"La cloche de l'église sonne à midi."
Natural Translation
The church bell rings at noon.
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