knop

American  

[nop] / nɒp /

noun

1. a small knob or similar rounded protuberance, especially for ornament.

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knop British  

/ nɒp /

noun

1. archaic a knob, esp an ornamental one

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Etymology

Origin of knop

1325–75; Middle English; Old English cnop; cognate with Dutch knop, German Knopf

Example Sentences

The chalice is a mixture of late Gothic and early Renaissance in character, with two little angels, now wingless, holding to its edge, and treading with one foot on the knop, thus forming handles.

From The Shores of the Adriatic The Austrian Side, The Küstenlande, Istria, and Dalmatia by Jackson, F. Hamilton (Frederick Hamilton)

And it was not less rich than the other, and had columns of marble all round about, and upon each a knop so rich that it seemed to be of gold.

From The High History of the Holy Graal by Evans, Sebastian

Above the knop the shaft has simpler treatment, being worked with quatrefoils in square panels, all in relief.

From Report of Commemorative Services with the Sermons and Addresses at the Seabury Centenary, 1883-1885. by Connecticut, Diocese Of

An hexagonal pyx on a stem has on the knop and foot a half-length of our Lord erect in the tomb.

From The Shores of the Adriatic The Austrian Side, The Küstenlande, Istria, and Dalmatia by Jackson, F. Hamilton (Frederick Hamilton)

There remained three hand-breadths, in which were the bowls, the knops, and the flowers, as is said, “Three bowls made like unto almonds with a knop and a flower in one branch.”

From Hebrew Literature by Wilson, Epiphanius