knop
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of knop
1325–75; Middle English; Old English cnop; cognate with Dutch knop, German Knopf
Example Sentences
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Chalices were-composed of three parts: the cup, the ball or knop, and the stem, with the foot.
From Arts and Crafts in the Middle Ages A Description of Mediaeval Workmanship in Several of the Departments of Applied Art, Together with Some Account of Special Artisans in the Early Renaissance by Addison, Julia de Wolf Gibbs
It has a spire-like top with windows and pinnacles between round its base, a feature which is repeated on the knop.
From The Shores of the Adriatic The Austrian Side, The Küstenlande, Istria, and Dalmatia by Jackson, F. Hamilton (Frederick Hamilton)
A globe-shaped ciborium, with cresting and knop of the fourteenth century, is interesting.
From The Shores of the Adriatic The Austrian Side, The Küstenlande, Istria, and Dalmatia by Jackson, F. Hamilton (Frederick Hamilton)
The "knop and flower" border of alternately closed and shut lotus flowers is separated from the centre by a band of rosettes.
From A History of Art in Chaldæa & Assyria, v. 1 by Armstrong, Walter, Sir
We may show this very clearly by a more careful study of two motives already encountered, the rosette, and the running ornament which is known in its countless modifications as the "knop and flower pattern."
From A History of Art in Chaldæa & Assyria, v. 1 by Armstrong, Walter, Sir
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