dogtooth
Americannoun
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Also dog tooth a canine tooth.
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Architecture. any of a series of small pyramidal ornaments, usually formed by a radiating arrangement of four sculptured leaves, set close together in a concave molding, used especially in England in the 13th century.
noun
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another name for a canine
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architect a carved ornament in the form of four leaflike projections radiating from a raised centre, used in England in the 13th century
Etymology
Origin of dogtooth
Example Sentences
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There are also local wildflowers - trillium, dogtooth violets and cornflowers from ditches.
From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2019
“It’s such an unusual application of what I do,” she says, whose mustard turban and dogtooth trousers mark her out as distinct from the be-fleeced CSIs.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 3, 2019
The three of us were dressed in our Italia Conti uniforms: a pale blue dogtooth kilt, a dark blue V-neck sweater, shirt, blazer, tie.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 19, 2016
It was all summed up by a cotton trench or a jacket with trompe l’oeil dogtooth check thrown over a wafty chiffon dress.
From New York Times ● Oct. 1, 2010
We ate smoked fish for dinner with boiled dogtooth violet bulbs.
From "My Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
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