gadroon
Americannoun
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Architecture. an elaborately carved or indented convex molding.
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a decorative series of curved, inverted flutings, or of convex and concave flutings, as on silversmith's work.
noun
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a moulding composed of a series of convex flutes and curves joined to form a decorative pattern, used esp as an edge to silver articles
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architect a carved ornamental moulding having a convex cross section
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Etymology
Origin of gadroon
1715–25; < French godron (with final conformed to -oon ), Middle French goderon, probably derivative of godet a kind of cup without base or handle (perhaps < Middle Dutch kodde billet, log; see -et), after the ornamentation on such cups
Example Sentences
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Sometimes it had splayed feet when a gadroon edge had been asked for.
From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes
His flatware is usually distinguished by a shell motif, and gadroon edges finish and decorate many of his pieces.
From Seaport in Virginia George Washington's Alexandria by Moore, Gay Montague
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