Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In architecture, the system of crockets, as along the gable, or one angle, of a spire.
- noun Decoration by means of rows of crockets: as, a steeple adorned by rich crocketing.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Arch.) Ornamentation with crockets.
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- noun architecture
ornamentation withcrockets
Etymologies
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crocket + -ing
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Examples
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It's materials include red velvet, cloth of silver and cloth of gold, semi-precious stones and brass crocketing.
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The outer mouldings of the centre gable are enriched with foliated crocketing with which is intermixed the early church symbol -- pelican feeding her young -- and the apex surmounted by a figure of our Lord enthroned: the inner portion of the gable contains, in a trefoil, a basso-relievo of the Annunciation, in alabaster.
Ely Cathedral Anonymous
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