crocket
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English
Etymology 1
From 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
crocket (plural crockets)
- (architecture) Any of a series of hook-shaped decorative floral elements used in Gothic architecture.
Derived terms
Translations
(architecture) any of a series of hook-shaped decorative floral elements used in Gothic architecture
Etymology 2
Etymology unknown.
Noun
crocket (plural crockets)
References
- Wright, Joseph (1898) The English Dialect Dictionary, volume 1, Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 801
Etymology 3
Noun
crocket (plural crockets)