Calotte Definition
(archaic) The vertical central area of the crown of a bird's head.
(architecture) 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.
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Origin of Calotte
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French calotte, diminutive of calot, from écale (“husk, shell (of a nut)”) (due to similar shape and closely fitting the head), from Old French escale, from Old High German scāla (cognate to English scale).
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Alternatively, may be related to Greek kalyptra (English calyptra).
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French from Provençal calota or Italian callotta
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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