Definitions

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A return in one of the corners of the architrave of a door or window; -- called also ancon, ear, elbow.
  • noun The shoulder of a joggled keystone.

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  • noun architecture A return in one of the corners of the architrave of a door or window.
  • noun The shoulder of a joggled keystone.

Etymologies

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French, diminutive of crosse. See crosier.

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