Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Crocket"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Crocket \Crock"et\ (kr?k"?t), n. [OF. croquet, F. crochet, dim.
of croc hook. See {Crook}, and cf. {Crotchet}.]
1. (Arch.) An ornament often resembling curved and bent
foliage, projecting from the sloping edge of a gable,
spire, etc.
2. A croche, or knob, on the top of a stag's antler.
The antlers and the crockets. --W. Black.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
crocket
n : an architectural ornament of curved foliage used at the edge
of a spire or gable
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