godroon

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noun

An ornament produced by notching or carving a rounded moulding.

OriginFrench godron →
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Meanings

noungodroon (plural godroons)

plural godroons

  1. architectureAn ornament produced by notching or carving a rounded moulding.
verbgodroon (third-person singular simple present godroons, present participle godrooning, simple past and past participle godrooned)

present singular third person godroons · participle present godrooning · participle past godrooned · past godrooned

  1. transitivearchitectureTo ornament in this style.

Origin

  1. Frenchgodron“round plait, godroon”
  2. Englishgodroon

From French godron (“round plait, godroon”).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

goonrod
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Chicago

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