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noun
A zigzag or indented line or figure.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: government, heraldry, hobbies, lifestyle, monarchy, nobility, politics
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
The chevron or zigzag moulding common in Romanesque architecture.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: architecture
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History
Apparently from a scribal error for French or Middle French denché, from Old French denché, dansié, from Latin dens (“tooth”).
