An ornament often resembling curved and bent foliage, projecting from the sloping edge of a gable, spire, etc
an architectural ornament of curved foliage used at the edge of a spire or gable
An ornamental foliate form placed at regularly spaced intervals on the slopes and edges of the spires, pinnacles, gables, and similar elements of Gothic buildings
An ornament carved to resemble a fern frond or bunches of foliage, often used to decorate pinnacles
crocket
Silbentrennung
crock·et
Aussprache
Etymologie
[ 'krä-k&t ] (noun.) 1673. Middle English croket, from Old North French croquet crook, diminutive of croc hook, of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse krOkr hook.