calotte
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- The calotte (plural calottes, French from Provençal calota or Italian callotta), is a skullcap worn by students at catholic universities in Belgium. It originates from the skullcap worn by the Papal Zouave regiment around 1860. ...
- a skullcap worn by Roman Catholic priests; The vertical central area of the crown of a bird's head; 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. ...
- In architecture, a concavity in the form of a niche or cup, serving to reduce the apparent height of an alcove or chapel.
- The calotte consists of the calvaria from which the base has been removed.
- Uppermost portion of the braincase; "skullcap" (equivalent to calva).