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callot

callot is the obsolete spelling of calotte.

Meaning of calotte

Noun

calotte (plural calottes)

  1. A skullcap worn by Roman Catholic priests.
    Synonyms:
    zucchetto
  2. (archaic) The vertical central area of the crown of a bird's head.
  3. 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.
  4. The upper (superior) or lower (inferior) half of the globe of the eye.

Forms of callot

pluralcallots

Questions about callot

What is callot the obsolete spelling of?
Callot is the obsolete spelling of calotte.

Words near callot in the dictionary

  1. callostomies
  2. callostomy
  3. callosum
  4. callosumectomies
  5. callosumectomy
  6. callot
  7. Callotian
  8. callots
  9. callous
  10. calloused
  11. callouses

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Adapted from Wiktionary: callot (page history and authors); calotte (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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