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🌀 A curved pattern 🌀 To add curved design
gadrooning

gadrooning

9.9
A decorative edge with rounded bands like small waves
  • noun
  • Specialized
translation icon : gadrooneado
  • Museum visitors admired the delicate gadrooning on the rim of the 18th-century glass vase.

Examples

  • A skilled craftsman added gadrooning to the edge of the silver tray for an elegant finish.

  • The antique chair featured beautiful gadrooning along the wooden arms and legs.

  • The vase features beautiful gadrooning along its rim.

  • I love the gadrooning on this antique silver plate.

  • The silver bowl features a beautiful gadrooning along its edge, enhancing its elegant appearance.

  • She admired the gadrooning on the antique chair, which added a touch of sophistication to its design.

  • Crafted with intricate gadrooning, the vase accentuated the artistry of the glassmaker.

Synonyms

scalloping
vsgadrooning
1 6.0

A wavy edge decoration on cloth or paper

is a specific form using rounded convex curves often on metal, wood, or glass

How Decorative

gadrooning
  • Specialized
9.9
carving
70 2.7
molding
  • Specialized
26 4.4

Surface Forms

gadrooning singular
gadroons plural

Morphology

gadrooning = gadroon (semi-transparent) = gadroon + ing

The word is formed regularly with -ing from the rare verb gadroon, but the specialized decorative sense is not obvious to most learners.

Etymology

Gadrooning comes from the French word gadroon, which means a 'rounded fold' used in decoration. A gadrooning is the row of small round curves along the edge of an object, so the old word explains the modern meaning.