"crocket" meaning in English

See crocket in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: crockets [plural]
Etymology: 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 templates: {{inh|en|enm|croket}} Middle English croket, {{der|en|xno|croquet|t=curl of hair}} Anglo-Norman croquet (“curl of hair”), {{der|en|fro-nor|-}} Old Northern French, {{der|en|fro|crochet}} Old French crochet, {{cog|en|-}} English, {{doublet|en|crochet|croquet|crotchet}} Doublet of crochet, croquet, and crotchet Head templates: {{en-noun}} crocket (plural crockets)
  1. (architecture) Any of a series of hook-shaped decorative floral elements used in Gothic architecture. Derived forms: crocketed, crocketing Translations ((architecture) any of a series of hook-shaped decorative floral elements used in Gothic architecture): krab [masculine] (Czech), hogel [masculine] (Dutch), crochet [masculine] (French), Krabbe [feminine] (German), crochet (Middle English), żabka [feminine] (Polish), крабб (krabb) [masculine] (Russian)
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: crockets [plural]
Etymology: Etymology unknown. Etymology templates: {{unk|en|nocap=1}} unknown Head templates: {{en-noun}} crocket (plural crockets)
  1. (obsolete, hunting, dialect, British) The tips of the antlers of an adult stag. Tags: British, dialectal, obsolete
    Sense id: en-crocket-en-noun-MkqNyJbb Categories (other): British English, Hunting, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 45 42 13 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 35 46 18 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 43 42 15 Topics: hobbies, hunting, lifestyle
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

Forms: crockets [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} crocket (plural crockets)
  1. Archaic spelling of croquette. Tags: alt-of, archaic Alternative form of: croquette
    Sense id: en-crocket-en-noun-MKRwGEyE Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 45 42 13 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 43 42 15
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Inflected forms

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