‖ crossette Arch.
(krɒˈsɛt)
[F. crossette, in 16th c. crocette, dim. of croce, crosse crutch, crook, staff, etc.: see crose.]
A projection or ear in the architrave or casing around a door- or window-opening, at the junction of the jamb and head; also a shoulder or ledged projection in the voussoir of a built-up architrave or flat arch, which rests in a corresponding recess in the adjoining voussoir and strengthens the construction; see quot. 1819.
| 1730–6 Bailey (folio), Crosette..the returns in the corners of..door cases or window-frames. 1819 P. Nicholson Archit. Dict. I. 303 Crosettes, in the decorations of apertures, the trusses or consoles on the flanks of the architrave, under the cornice. 1853 in Archit. Publ. Soc. Dict. 1876 Gwilt Archit. Gloss., Crossettes..the small projecting pieces..in arch stones, which hang upon the adjacent stones. |