Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré. d'Émile Littré. 1872-1877.
cléché — ⇒CLÉCHÉ, ÉE, adj. HÉRALD. Qui est à jour et laisse voir le champ. Croix cléchées (T. GAUTIER, Le Capitaine Fracasse, 1863, p. 300). Prononc. et Orth. Seule transcr. ds LAND. 1834 et DG : klé ché. Ds Ac. 1762. Étymol. et Hist. 1615 cléché (R.… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Cleché — Cross cleché In heraldry, a cross (or other ordinary) cleché, or clechée, flares out at the tips in a shape resembling the handle of an old fashioned key (French clé).[1] The outstanding example is the Occitan cross, in the coat of arms of the… … Wikipedia
cleché — cle·ché … English syllables
cleché — adjective see clechée … Useful english dictionary
Cross — For information on the Christian symbol, see Christian cross. For other uses, see Cross (disambiguation). A Greek cross (all arms of equal length) above a saltire, a cross whose limbs are slanted A cross is a geometrical figure consisting of two… … Wikipedia
clechy — also cleche, from Fr. cléché (17c.), from L. *clavicatus key holed, or clavicella little key, from clavis key (see SLOT (Cf. slot) (2)) … Etymology dictionary
Bayonet clutch — Clutch Clutch (kl[u^]ch; 224), n. [OE. cloche, cloke, claw, Scot. clook, cleuck, also OE. cleche claw, clechen, cleken, to seize; cf. AS. gel[ae]ccan (where ge is a prefix) to seize. Cf. {Latch} a catch.] 1. A gripe or clinching with, or as with … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Clutch — (kl[u^]ch; 224), n. [OE. cloche, cloke, claw, Scot. clook, cleuck, also OE. cleche claw, clechen, cleken, to seize; cf. AS. gel[ae]ccan (where ge is a prefix) to seize. Cf. {Latch} a catch.] 1. A gripe or clinching with, or as with, the fingers… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Cedar Hill, Texas — Infobox Settlement official name = City of Cedar Hill, Texas other name = native name = nickname = The Hill Country of Dallas County settlement type = City motto = imagesize = 250px image caption = Cedar Hill water tower flag size = image seal… … Wikipedia
Counts of Toulouse — The first Counts of Toulouse were the administrators of the city and its environs under the Merovingians. No succession of such royal appointees is known, though a few names survive to the present. With the Carolingians, the appointments of both… … Wikipedia
