dancette

noun

1. A zigzag or indented line or figure.

   For quotations using this term, see Citations:dancette.

2. The chevron or zigzag moulding common in Romanesque architecture.

Where it comes from

Apparently from a scribal error for French or Middle French denché, from Old French denché, dansié, from Latin dens (“tooth”).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry dancette (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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