Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Architecture A band of convex molding carved with ornamental beading or reeding.
- n. An ornamental band, used especially in silverwork, embellished with fluting, reeding, or another continuous pattern.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Same as godroon.
Wiktionary
- n. Any of a series of raised decorative curves used as adornments on the necks of vases, silverware, etc.
Etymologies
- From French godron. (Wiktionary)
- French godron, from Old French goderon, perhaps from godet, cup without base or handle, from Middle Dutch kodde, log, from Old Provençal got, cup, from Latin guttus, flask, from gutta, drop. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Bronze bowls (gilt) with gadroon or lotus ornament (moulded) in later period.”
“Of the formations mentioned, the source of only one seems to be unclear -- gadroon; here the French origins are ambiguous, but Provençal < Latin guttus seems less than likely.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘gadroon’.
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Silver
Silvery words. (Mithril doesn't count.)
lessilver, silver, ladysilver, loadsilver, silvery, silversmith, silverwork, silverware, ale-silver, quicksilver, aver-silver, besilver and 242 more...
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phrontistery - g
from phrontistery.info
gynaecology, gynaecomania, gyromancy, gyrograph, gyve, gyrus, gyron, gynaecocracy, gyrose, gynics, gutturotetany, gymnophobia and 439 more...
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Logolepsy
"Luciferous Logolepsy is a collection of over 9,000 obscure English words. Though the definition of an 'English' word might seem to be straightforward, it is not. There exist so many adopted, deriv...
Anschauung, Areopagus, Argus, Briarean, Dei gratia, Dei judicium, Deo volente, Duecento, Foehn, Geflugelte Worte, Gegenschein, Hakenkreuz and 9230 more...
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OvoloOvoloOvoloOvoloOvoloOvolo
Decorative trims and moldings and their elements, from room-scale to whole-building-scale, including, of course, ovolo.
egg and dart, echinus, drip cap, fluting fillet, rosette, scotia, screen molding, picture rail, chair rail, quarter-round, crown molding, bandelet and 56 more...
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-oons (once of more than one syllable)
Originally this list was to contain multisyllabic words that end in "oon," but as you can see from the comments, all hell broke loose.
doubloon, poltroon, spittoon, patroon, dragoon, bassoon, platoon, typhoon, rangoon, maroon, pontoon, monsoon and 96 more...
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Castles and Keeps
Shamelessly ripped off from this site and others (to be named hereinafter). (Fair warning: for my own edification, I may add definitions/comments from the site, but you might want to just go there ...
abutment, adulterine, allure, angle-spur, apse, arbalest, arbalestier, arbalist, arcade, arch, armoury, arrow slit and 410 more...
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patterns
ergodic, stochastic, stereopsis, echolocation, holocation, broker, map, intarsia, encipher, ocellus, muslin, mandelbrot set and 159 more...
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Spelling Bee list 2011
Abalone, ablution, absolution, aboriginally, abstemious, academician, acclamation, accommodation, acculturation, acetic, acetone, acme and 590 more...
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You May Tell Yourself, "This Is Not M...
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cornice, balustrade, dado, bargeboard, buttress, clerestory, crenellation, cupola, corbel, dentil, vergeboard, quatrefoil and 101 more...
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Word list
jeremiad, filch, fianchetto, glaucous, gadroon, impel, gilt, hegemony, hieratic, lugubrious, homunculus, hirsute and 1 more...
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reesetee In architecture, a band of convex molding carved with ornamental beading or reeding. Also, an ornamental band, used especially in silverwork, embellished with fluting, reeding, or another continuous pattern. Jul 20, 2007