crocket
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
Middle English croket, from Anglo-Norman croquet (“curl of hair”), from Old Northern French, variant of Old French crochet, diminutive of croc (“hook”), which is also present in English archaically in the architectural sense as crochet, crotchet. Doublet of crochet, croquet, and crotchet.
Noun edit
crocket (plural crockets)
- (architecture) Any of a series of hook-shaped decorative floral elements used in Gothic architecture.
Translations edit
(architecture) any of a series of hook-shaped decorative floral elements used in Gothic architecture
Etymology 2 edit
Etymology unknown.
Noun edit
crocket (plural crockets)
References edit
- Wright, Joseph (1898) The English Dialect Dictionary[1], volume 1, Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 801
Etymology 3 edit
Noun edit
crocket (plural crockets)