Crocket
A decorative leaf carving jutting out at regular intervals on the sloped edges of gables, spires and canopies in Gothic architecture
Crocket capital: A capital having a series of crockets.
Crocket
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CROCKET (Ital. uncinetti, Fr. crochet, crosse, Ger. Hdklein, Knollen), in architecture, an ornament running up the sides of gablets, hood-moulds, pinnacles, spires; ...
crocket - an architectural ornament of curved foliage used at the edge of a spire or gable
architectural ornament - (architecture) something added to a building to improve its appearance ...
Crocket
A projecting, foliate ornament of a capital, pinnacle, gable or buttress.
crockets:
an ornamental device, usually in the form of a cusp or curling leaf placed along the outer angles of pinnacles and gables
cupola:
a small structure built on top of a roof ...
Crocket
Small decorative leafy sculpture mainly used on the outer curve of arches in the 13th and 14th centuries.
crocket - decorative feature in Gothic arch, carved in a variety of leaf shapes and projecting at regular intervals along a spiral or vergeboard. (p.30).
foil -"leaf" in Gothic architecture.
crocket - a small ornament projecting from the sloping angles of pinnacles, spires, etc., typically depicting stylized foliage.
Crocket - A decorative hook-like spur of stone carved in various leaf shapes and projecting at regular intervals from the angles of spires, pinnacles, canopies, gables etc., in Gothic architecture.
crocket An upwardly projecting repeated decorative element, often along spires and gables in Gothic Revival architecture.
cupola A feature at the top of a roof, usually dome-shaped and opened by windows or columns.
crocket capital : A simplified adaptation of the Corinthian capital. The crocket capital was commonly used in the Gothic period. See also column, capital, abacus or impost block.
Crockets - Projecting decoration (often foliage) decorating angled edges (e.g. of spires, canopies, pew-ends or architraves).
Crockets on finials, Sint-Petrus-en-Pauluskerk; Ostend, Belgium
In the Early English period the small buttresses frequently finished with gablets, and the more important with pinnacles supported with clustered shafts.
Crocket
- a projecting knob of stylised foliage, associated mainly with Gothic architecture, regularly spaced on spires, pinnacles etc. Said to derive from resemblance to shepherds crook.
Crockets : A distinctive Gothic motif formed of floral and leaf ornamentation. Primarily used on spire and pinnacle sculpture.
Cusp : Found within Tracery decoration to form the meeting point of foils.
crocket 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.
cupola A small dome on a base crowning a roof.
Crockets are usually found on the raking edge of finials, pinnacles and spires. Here they are on the top edge of an ogee shaped hood mould. Above the lower windows is a cornice with a pointed arch frieze and battlementing along the top.
In Gothic architecture, leafy hooks or knobs, as on a crocket capital. Crocketing (rows of crockets) decorates the edges of pinnacles, canopies, etc.
arcade, triforium, and clerestory, the varying designs of the latter with their subtile arrangements of slender shafts and delicate lancets; the beautiful pier sections and moulding profiles, together with the sculpture of capitals, bosses, crockets, ...
Crocket - curling leaf-shape.
Cross-and-orb - modified cross slits to accommodate gunnery.
Crossbow - weapon with a bow arranged at a right-angle to a wooden stock; it was used to fire metal bolts ...
 See also: Architecture, Ornament, Spire, Pinnacle, Gable
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