Crocodilia (krokodilia)

pl. [NL., sides of pinnacles, canopies, gables, and other members, and on the outer or convex part of the curve of a pastoral staff or other decorative work. Sometimes crockets were carved in the forms of animals. With crochetes on corners with knottes of golde. Piers Plowman's Crede (E. E. T. S.), 1. 174. crocketed (krok'e-ted), a. [ crocket + -ed2 .] Furnished with crockets; ornamented with crockets. The high-pitched roof [of the castle of Chenonceaux] contains three windows of beautiful design, covered with embroidered caps and flowering into crocketed spires. H. James, Jr., Little Tour, p. 54.