Plural of crocket; multiple ornamental projections or carved knobs on architectural features, particularly common in Gothic design.
From crocket (from Old French crochet, small hook) + -s plural marker. The standardized plural developed as English architectural terminology became more systematic.
If you look at any Gothic cathedral and trace your eye up a spire or arch, you're following a line of crockets that were individually carved by hand—each one a small artistic statement by a medieval craftsperson.
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