The process of creating, carving, or installing crockets on architectural structures; collectively, the crockets on a building.
From crocket + -ing (gerund suffix). The term developed as stonemasons and architects needed language to discuss the technique and labor involved in creating these ornamental elements.
Medieval crocketing was architectural flex—the more elaborate your crocketing, the more money and artistic skill your building displayed, so Gothic cathedrals became increasingly obsessed with ever-more-complex crocket designs.
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