crocket

American  

[krok-it] / ˈkrɒk ɪt /

noun

Architecture.

1. a medieval ornament, usually in the form of a leaf that curves up and away from the supporting surface and returns partially upon itself.

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crocket British  

/ ˈkrɒkɪt /

noun

1. Also called: crochet.  a carved ornament in the form of a curled leaf or cusp, used in Gothic architecture

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Etymology

Origin of crocket

1300–50; Middle English croket hook < Anglo-French, equivalent to croc hook (< Germanic; see crook ¹) + -et -et. See crochet, crotchet

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crocket

When he’s drawing Spanish churches in 1962, for instance, he articulates every last crocket and cranny of the Sagrada Familia spires, every possible zigzag of mortar in his arresting facade to the Barcelona Cathedral.

From New York Times ● Aug. 22, 2022

But even if Chartres had been pulverized to dust, it could probably be rebuilt exactly, down to the remotest crocket and mullion.

From Time Magazine Archive

Capitals are either simply moulded an elaboration of the plain bell capitals of the latter part of the 12th century, or finely sculptured, with conventional or stiff leaved, foliage of the crocket type.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4 "Aram, Eugene" to "Arcueil" by Various

Every crocket which you are to crest with sculpture,—every foliation which you have to fill, presents itself to the spectator's fancy, not only as a pretty thing, but as a problematic thing.

From The Two Paths by Ruskin, John

This bursts out, young and irresponsible, in pinnacle, crocket, and gable, in towers like spears, and in the eager lancet windows which peer upwards out of Orsammichele and the Dominican Church.

From Earthwork out of Tuscany Being Impressions and Translations of Maurice Hewlett by Hewlett, Maurice Henry