crèche

noun4

1. •
   (UK, Ireland) A day nursery.

   • They drop their two-year-old off at the crèche in the morning before they go to work.
2. •
   A representation of the nativity scene.

   • 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
3. •
   A group of young who stay together for protection.
4. •
   (historical) A hospital for orphaned infants; a foundling hospital.

   • 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