Definition of "crèche"

At last, all was complete. The creche at Greccio looked like a new Bethlehem. The baby Jesus would be placed in the manger at midnight Mass.

2007, Clyde A. Bonar, Amen, I Say to You, page 666

If you leave the kids in the creche for one morning on your week's holiday, and they are OK with that, then it's fine.

2012, Roni Jay, The The 10 Most Important Things You Can Do For Your Children

One road leads to desertion of the child in a convenient hallway; another to the creche of a foundling hospital; a third, to a boarding home, good or indifferent, for the child.

1894, Amos Griswold Warner, American Charities: A Study in Philanthropy and Economics, page 272

In line with this policy, a couple could adopt a Crèche foundling only if one or both of them were Roman Catholics.

1973, Wayne Dennis, Children of the Crèche, page 74