CROSSETTE

Etymology

Noun

crossette (plural crossettes)

(architecture) A return in one of the corners of the architrave of a door or window.

The shoulder of a joggled keystone.

Synonyms

• (return in corner of an architrave): ancon, ear, elbow

Source: Wiktionary


Cros*sette" (krs-st`), n. Etym: [F., dim. of crosse. See Crosier.] (Arch.) (a) A return in one of the corners of the architrave of a door or window; -- called also ancon, ear, elbow. (b) The shoulder of a joggled keystone.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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