crocket
English
editEtymology 1
editFrom Middle English croket, from Anglo-Norman croquet (“curl of hair”), from Old Northern French, variant of Old French crochet, diminutive of croc (“hook”), which is also present in English archaically in the architectural sense as crochet, crotchet. Doublet of crochet, croquet, and crotchet.
Noun
editcrocket (plural crockets)
- (architecture) Any of a series of hook-shaped decorative floral elements used in Gothic architecture.
Derived terms
editTranslations
edit(architecture) any of a series of hook-shaped decorative floral elements used in Gothic architecture
Etymology 2
editEtymology unknown.
Noun
editcrocket (plural crockets)
References
edit- Wright, Joseph (1898) The English Dialect Dictionary[1], volume 1, Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 801
Etymology 3
editNoun
editcrocket (plural crockets)
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