Definition of Crocketed

1. Adjective. (of a gable or spire) furnished with a crocket (an ornament in the form of curved or bent foliage). "A crocketed spire"

Similar to: Adorned, Decorated

Definition of Crocketed

1. a. Ornamented with crockets.

Definition of Crocketed

1. Adjective. (architecture) Having a crocket. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Crocketed

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Crocketed

crocine
crock
crock of gold
crock pot
crock pots
crock up
crocked
crocker
crockeries
crockers
crockery
crockeryware
crockerywares
crocket
crocketed
crocketing
crocketings
crockets
crocking
crocklets
crockpot
crockpots
crocks
crocky
crocodile
crocodile bird
crocodile tear
crocodile tears
crocodile tears syndrome

Literary usage of Crocketed

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Spanish Ironwork by Arthur Byne, Mildred Stapley Byne (1915)
"... the lower part lacks in ornament the cresting more than atones for; it is unusually rich, consisting of interlacing ogee arches with crocketed FIG. 18. ..."

2. A Topographical Dictionary of England: Comprising the Several Counties by Samuel Lewis (1831)
"... angular canopy with crocketed pinnacles, and ornamented with canopied niches, in which are statues of the Archbishops Melton, Percy, and Vavasour. ..."

3. The Ecclesiologist by Ecclesiological Society (1850)
"... and no great projection to the crocketed spire-lights ; I hardly know a prettier example, and the composition of the tower stands quite by itself. ..."

4. A Dictionary of the Architecture and Archaeology of the Middle Ages by John BRITTON (1838)
"... where they support an open lantern and spire, embattled, crocketed, &c. Between the flying buttress and angular pinnacle is a small curved rib or stay, ..."

5. The Yorkshire Archaeological Journal by Yorkshire Archaeological Society (1895)
"The tower at the west end is a very handsome one, with an embattled parapet, the buttresses very finely grouped, and surmounted by eight crocketed pinnacles ..."

6. Some Account of Gothic Architecture in Spain by George Edmund Street (1914)
"Crocketed pinnacles are arranged at each angle, and large six-light windows ... The lower windows have crocketed labels, and the upper crocketed canopies, ..."

7. Gloucestershire Notes and Queries: An Illustrated Quarterly Magazine Devoted edited by William Phillimore Watts Phillimore, Sidney Joseph Madge (1901)
"The south side of the nave is much richer than the north, the buttresses being crowned by fine crocketed pinnacles; in the south aisle the buttresses are ..."

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