crocket

Meaning

Any of a series of hook-shaped decorative floral elements used in Gothic architecture.

Synonyms

foliage

Translations

cogulho

Krabbe

🦀

colchete

🪝

cogoilo

hogel

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: croket

Cognate with English: -

In summary

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.