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UK
/kɹˈɒkɪt/
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NOUN
- an architectural ornament of curved foliage used at the edge of a spire or gable
How To Use crocket In A Sentence
- The bishop is represented as in the act of benediction, with a pastoral staff, and in full pontificals; his head is shown as resting on a cushion, and is surmounted by a trefoil arch with a crocketed gable, and a censer-bearing angel on each side. Ely Cathedral
- You see the edges of it, instead of being bossed, or knopped, or crocketed, are mouldings of severest line. Val d'Arno
- The Mountaineering Council of Scotland has published an explicit pamphlet guiding visitors on how to dispose of their own waste which Crocket described as idiot-proof.
- In the spaces between the shafts of the middle arch, but not of the others, are crockets for the whole height, and the innermost cavetto is entirely filled with dog-tooth ornament. The Cathedral Church of Peterborough A Description Of Its Fabric And A Brief History Of The Episcopal See
- It's materials include red velvet, cloth of silver and cloth of gold, semi-precious stones and brass crocketing. Details: AWN Pugin's Wiseman Mitre
- She could barely see the king for the blaze of diamonds on his buckles and buttons and hat crocket. THE DIAMOND
- Crockett, a spokesman for Coca - Cola Co.
- Photos Associated Press "Her music was extraordinary," said local resident Tessa Crockett, 58, who bundled a bouquet of arum lillies to place outside a police cordon around Ms. Winehouse's flat. Singer Amy Winehouse Found Dead
- The buttresses are built out by layers of crockets and mouldings riveted on to the front.
- Swiftly turning on the Frenchman, Crockett—his handsome visage wrought into an irate scowl—said: “Are you calling my pard a liar, mon-sewer?” Nevermore