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Definition of Gadroon
1. Noun. Any of a series of raised decorative curves used as adornments on the necks of vases, silverware, etc. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Gadroon
1. to decorate with bands of fluted or reeded molding [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gadroon
Literary usage of Gadroon
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Antiquary by Edward Walford, John Charles Cox, George Latimer Apperson (1890)
"There is a fine service of silver-gilt at Swanage, richly ornamented with bands
of gadroon moulding and acanthus leaves. The flagon is cruet-shaped, ..."
2. A Catalogue of Gold and Silver Plate: The Property of His Grace the Duke of by James Garrard (1893)
"One hundred and twenty shaped, gadroon border. Made by Paul Crespin. ...
Thirty-six, gadroon border. Made by Andrew Fogelberg and Stephen Gilbert ..."
3. Catalogue of the ... Library: Drawings ... Engravings, Paintings, Silver by John Fitchett Marsh (1882)
"13 15 Oval Tea Pot, gadroon edges, wood handle and stand ... gadroon edge, silver
handle, on a stem and foot 28 0 Oval Tea Pot, plain, gadroon edge, ..."
4. An Impartial and Correct History of the War Between the United States of by Thomas O'Connor (1816)
"ers, eaeh to hold a dozen glasses, oblong square shape, standing on feet, wi h
balls ornamented with a bright gadroon at bottom, and nur- row rim at top, ..."
5. Archaeologia Cantiana by Kent Archaeological Society (1905)
"The sacred monogram, etc., en soleil, is in the centre of the field, and the edge
is ornamented with a gadroon moulding. 3. A Flagon of Silver. ..."
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