Grecquen.
/ɡrɛk/ 1. Architecture. A Greek fret.
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checkingc1440
checkc1450
chequer-work1519
pane?a1549
diaper-work1602
chevron1605
diapery1631
fret1664
tooth-work1681
polygram1696
chequer1779
reticulum1797
Grecque1832
checkery1837
gammadion1848
diaper1851
key pattern1853
diapering1866
Greek fret1872
rangoli1884
geometric1894
Greek key1897
step pattern1908
Mondrian1964
1832 tr. A. von Humboldt in W. Macgillivray Trav. & Researches A. von Humboldt xix. 280 The edge is encircled by meanders, labyrinths, and grecques, with narrow lines variously combined.
1855 C. Kingsley Westward Ho! xxv A handsome earthen tube..painted with quaint grecques and figures of animals.
1887 Athenæum 23 Apr. 548/3 The basket-work of the Chilkaht Indians is superb..presenting all sorts of lovely designs in bands, crosses..and grecques.
2. A kind of coffee-strainer or ‘percolator’; a coffee-pot fitted with such a strainer. ? U.S.
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1864 in Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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