For those of you who are familiar with Gothic architecture, you may already know this word.  For everyone else, this week’s Ask OMS answer is the definition of this word.  As a reminder, the purpose of Ask OMS is for you to post your questions related to architecture, and then we’ll provide the answers.

Crocket:  A decorative feature carved in various leaf shapes and projecting at regular intervals from the angles of spires, pinnacles, canopies, gables, etc. in Gothic architecture.

Definition source:  The Penguin Dictionary of Architecture by John Fleming; Hugh Honour and Nikolaus Pevsner; Penguin Books Ltd. 3rd Edition, 1983.

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