Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Creche \Cr[`e]che\ (kr[asl]sh), n. [F.]
   A public nursery, where the young children of poor women are
   cared for during the day, while their mothers are at work.

Source : WordNet®

creche
     n 1: a hospital where foundlings (infant children of unknown
          parents) are taken in and cared for [syn: {foundling
          hospital}]
     2: a representation of Christ's nativity in the stable at
        Bethlehem