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crocket

crocket noun: any of a series of hook-shaped decorative floral elements used in Gothic architecture. Also the archaic spelling of croquette.

Noun (1)

crocket (plural crockets)

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

Noun (2)

crocket (plural crockets)

  1. (UK, dialectal, obsolete) The tips of the antlers of an adult stag.

Also used as

crocket is also the archaic spelling of croquette.

Forms of crocket

pluralcrockets

Origin of crocket

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.

Etymology unknown.

Words formed from crocket

Questions about crocket

What does crocket mean?
Crocket means any of a series of hook-shaped decorative floral elements used in Gothic architecture.
What part of speech is crocket?
Crocket is a noun.
What is the plural of crocket?
The plural of crocket is crockets.

Words near crocket in the dictionary

  1. crockeries
  2. crockers
  3. crockery
  4. crockeryware
  5. crockerywares
  6. crocket
  7. crocketed
  8. crocketing
  9. crocketings
  10. crockets
  11. Crockett

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