Crocketed
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Having a crocket. not-comparable
"He leaned back on this support with his face to the tower of the cathedral, now admirably commanded by their standpoint, the high red-brown mass, square and subordinately spired and crocketted, retouched and restored, but charming to his long-sealed eyes, and with the first swallows of the year weaving their flight all round it."
Adjective
- 1 (of a gable or spire) furnished with a crocket (an ornament in the form of curved or bent foliage) wordnet
Antonyms
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More examples"He leaned back on this support with his face to the tower of the cathedral, now admirably commanded by their standpoint, the high red-brown mass, square and subordinately spired and crocketted, retouched and restored, but charming to his long-sealed eyes, and with the first swallows of the year weaving their flight all round it."
Etymology
From crocket + -ed.