palmette

American  

[pal-met] / pælˈmɛt /

noun

1. a conventionalized shape in the form of palmately spread leaves or sections, used as ornamentation.

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palmette British  

/ pælˈmɛt /

noun

1. archaeol an ornament or design resembling the palm leaf

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Etymology

Origin of palmette

From French, dating back to 1835–45; palm ², -ette

Example Sentences

It represents a female face in relief, as occurs so often in Greek pottery, surrounded by an ornament of lotus, maeander and palmette.

From The American Journal of Archaeology, 1893-1 by Various

The richer decoration of the Ionic capital had already been employed in those of the Erechtheum, where the necking was carved with the palmette or honeysuckle.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 7 "Columbus" to "Condottiere" by Various

The handle curves gracefully to the back of the jawbones, where it is attached to a palmette.

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

Top of stel�, with central palmette and two half palmettes, springing from acanthus leaves.

From A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) by Smith, A. H.

Fragment of an acroterion of a stel� in form of a palmette springing from acanthus leaves.—Athens?

From A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) by Smith, A. H.