crocket
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Noun (1)
- an architectural ornament of curved foliage used at the edge of a spire or gableType of architectural ornament
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Crock′et (kr?k′?t), noun
Origin: OF. croquet, F. crochet, dim. of croc hook. See Crook, and cf. Crotchet.
1. Architecture An ornament often resembling curved and bent foliage, projecting from the sloping edge of a gable, spire, etc.
2. A croche, or knob, on the top of a stag's antler.
The antlers and the crockets.— William Black
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54