toothwork

noun

toothwork

noun

Etymology From tooth + -work.

1

Toothed ornamentation.

On the arch is the Norman toothwork, identical with the newer portions of the buildings to which we have just referred.1888, William Smith, The Registers of Topcliffe, and Morley, page 25:

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