mouchette

[ moo-shet ]

/ muˈʃɛt /

noun Architecture.

a daggerlike form, especially in tracery, created by a segmental and an ogee curve so that it is pointed at one end and circular at the other.

Words nearby mouchette

motu, motu proprio, motzer, mou, mouch, mouchette, mouchoir, moue, mouflon, mought, mouillé

Origin of mouchette

1925–30; < French: orig., the fillet below an ovolo, projecting part of a cornice; hence, with the common sense “what protrudes,” probably derivative of moucher to cut or knock off (something protruding) (see -ette), apparently extended sense of moucher to wipe (a person's) nose < Vulgar Latin *muccāre, derivative of Latin muccus, mūcus mucus