- crockets
- n. architectural decoration of curved leaves used at the edge of a spire or gable
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Crockets — ♦ Projecting carved leaves or flowers decorating spires, pinnacles, hoodmoulds, etc., tending to curl downwards in the 13th century, to rise upwards in the 14th and 15th centuries. (Wood, Margaret. The English Medieval House, 411) Note: croc… … Medieval glossary
History of wood carving — From the remotest ages the decoration of wood has been a foremost art. The tendency of human nature has always been to ornament every article in use. The North American Indian carves his wooden fish hook or his pipe stem just as the Polynesian… … Wikipedia
Pinnacle — A pinnacle (from Latin pinnaculum , a little feather, pinna, compare panache ) is an architectural ornament originally forming the cap or crown of a buttress or small turret, but afterwards used on parapets at the corners of towers and in many… … Wikipedia
Crocket — For other uses, see Crocket (disambiguation). Crockets applied to the finials at Sint Petrus en Pauluskerk, Ostend, Belgium A crocket is a hook shaped decorative element common in Gothic architecture. It is in the form of a stylised carving of… … Wikipedia
Churches in Bohol — Bohol, in the Philippines, has a number of very old churches, dating back to the early years of the Spanish colonization of the island. Contents 1 Alburquerque 2 Anda 3 Antequera 4 Baclayon … Wikipedia
finial — finialed, adj. /fin ee euhl, fuy nee /, n. 1. Archit. a relatively small, ornamental, terminal feature at the top of a gable, pinnacle, etc. 2. an ornamental termination to the top of a piece of furniture, or of one part of such a piece. 3.… … Universalium
Gothic Architecture — • History of the style Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Gothic Architecture Gothic Architecture † … Catholic encyclopedia
Wood-Carving — • Discusses the branch of wood carving dealing with artistic objects, belonging either to plastic (as statues, crucifixes, and similar carvings), or to industrial art (as arabesques and rosettes), and which serve mainly for the ornamentation of… … Catholic encyclopedia
crock|et|ed — «KROK uh tihd», adjective. 1. decorated with architectural crockets: »playfully crocketed pinnacles, ripe as corn on the cob (Louis MacNeice). 2. (of a stag s horn) having crockets … Useful english dictionary
Certhia familiaris — Creeper Creep er (kr[=e]p [ e]r), n. 1. One who, or that which, creeps; any creeping thing. [1913 Webster] Standing waters are most unwholesome, . . . full of mites, creepers; slimy, muddy, unclean. Burton. [1913 Webster] 2. (Bot.) A plant that… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
