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crocket::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | architectural ornament |
Examples of crocket
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Crocket suspects that, from an ecosystem standpoint, the Schuylkill, which has seen steep salt increases, is headed that way.
From the sacbee.com
Crocket and a passenger, Raymond Sitkowski, were taken to Memorial Hospital of Carbondale, police said, adding the pair were wearing seat belts.
From the dailyherald.com
The lines of the tracery style, the pinnacle, and the crocket unequaled as they have always been in devotional expression are universally considered unsuited for decoration in the ordinary house.
From the en.wikipedia.org
- An architectural ornament of curved foliage used at the edge of a spire or gable
- A crocket is a hook-shaped decorative element common in Gothic architecture. It is in the form of a stylised carving of curled leaves, buds or flowers which is used at regular intervals to decorate the sloping edges of spires, finials, pinnacles, and wimpergs.
- (Crockets) Projecting decoration (often foliage) decorating angled edges (e.g. of spires, canopies, pew-ends or architraves).
- An ornamental foliate form placed at regularly spaced intervals on the slopes and edges of the spires, pinnacles, gables, and similar elements of Gothic buildings.
- Popular Gothic motif often in the shape of a leaf or flower which projects from the surface of chairs and some case pieces.
- A carved decorative feature carved in a leaf shape and projecting from the angles of a spire, pinnacle or gable
- An upwardly projecting repeated decorative element, often along spires and gables in Gothic Revival architecture.
- A stylized leaf used as a terminal ornament
- In Gothic-style architecture, a pointed device placed along the outer angles of pinnacles and gables. Seen on Gothic Revival-style furniture.
