dogtooth

noun

1. An ornament common in Gothic architecture, consisting of pointed projections resembling teeth.

   This arch is the side of a niche from the tomb of Can Signorio della Scala, at Verona; and the value, as well as the distant expression of its dogtooth, may be seen by referring to Prout's beautiful drawing of this tomb in his "Sketches in France and Italy."

2. A dogtooth violet.

Where it comes from

From Middle English dogge tothe, calque of Latin dens caninus (“doglike tooth”). Equivalent to dog + tooth.

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

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