noun, feminine/ɔt/plural: hottes
hotte is feminine in French.
carrying basket, burden basket; chimney flue; hood (metal covering that leads to a vent to suck away smoke or fumes)
“la hotte du Père Noël” — Santa Claus's sack
Synonyms: hotte aspirante
Borrowed from Frankish *hotta (“basket”). Compare regional German Hotte. Sense “flue” from the trapezoid shape of a reversed carrying basket.