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godroon

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go⋅droon

  [goh-droon]
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–noun
gadroon.

ga⋅droon

  [guh-droon]
–noun
1. Architecture. an elaborately carved or indented convex molding.
2. a decorative series of curved, inverted flutings, or of convex and concave flutings, as on silversmith's work.
Also, godroon.

Origin:
1715–25; < F godron (with final conformed to -oon ), MF goderon, prob. deriv. of godet a kind of cup without base or handle (perh. < MD kodde billet, log; see -et ), after the ornamentation on such cups

Related forms:
ga⋅drooned, adjective
ga⋅droon⋅age, noun
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