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crocket¹

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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.

noun crockets

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

crocket²

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Etymology unknown.

noun crockets

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

crocket³

noun crockets

  1. archaic Archaic spelling of croquette

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noun (architecture) any of a series of hook-shaped decorative floral elements used in Gothic architecture

Françaiscrochet
DeutschKrabbe
Русскийкрабб krabb

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"crocket." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/crocket. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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crocket. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/crocket

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"crocket." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/crocket.

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@misc{crocket_2026,
  title = {crocket},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/crocket},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}