Associations to the word «Calotte»

Wiktionary

CALOTTE, noun. A skullcap worn by Roman Catholic priests
CALOTTE, noun. (archaic) The vertical central area of the crown of a bird's head.
CALOTTE, noun. (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.
CALOTTE, noun. (anatomy) The upper (superior) or lower (inferior) half of the globe of the eye.
CALOTTE MODEL, noun. Space-filling model

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King