cock beadn.

Brit.

/ˈkɒk biːd/, U.S.

/ˈkɑk ˌbid/

Etymology: < cock n.⁸ + bead n. (compare sense 5 at that entry).

Chiefly Cabinetmaking.

A narrow bead moulding (see bead n. 5b) which projects beyond a surface or (less commonly) is made to stand out from it by a quirk (quirk n.¹ 9); esp. a wooden moulding of this type applied around the edges of features such as drawer fronts, doors, etc., or their surrounding frames.

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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > decoration specifically in relief > [noun] > mouldings and grooves

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1778 London Standard; or, List of Prices (Soc. Master Carpenters) 30 (table) Ditto, with small cock bead.

1805 Edinb. Bk. Prices p. vii Cock-beaded..cockbeads.

1876 Encycl. Brit. IV. 487/2 If there be a deep sinking under a bead it is called a quirked or cock bead.

1961 Connoisseur New Guide Antiq. Eng. Furnit. 59 At first drawer edges had the lip moulding which had come into fashion about 1710, but after 1730 it was gradually replaced by the cock-bead, which was almost exclusively used from about 1745 until the end of the century.

2010 Winterthur Portfolio 44 134/2 The cock beads..give emphasis to the drawer fronts.

Compounds

cock bead plane n. a plane (plane n.² 2) used for making or shaping cock beads.

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1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. Cock-bead-plane, a plane for making a moulding which projects above the common surface of the timber.

1832 Butlers' Commerc. List 37/1 (table) Cock bead plane, boxed.

2002 Chron. Early Amer. Industries Mar. 39/2 The usual method of producing the cock beads is to form them (with a cock bead plane) on the edges of thin strips of wood, which are then glued to the drawer edges.

Derivatives

ˈcock-beaded adj. (of a drawer front, door, etc.) having or decorated with cock beading.

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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > decoration specifically in relief > [adjective] > mouldings and grooves

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1788 Cabinet-makers London Bk. Prices 67 1 sham drawer in front, cock-beaded.

1874 Rep. Joint Select Comm. Affairs Govt. D.C. 391 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (43rd Congr., 1st Sess.: Senate Rep. 453, Pt. 1) IV The outside doors to be 2 inches thick, with panels.., molded and cock-beaded.

1969 V. Canning Queen's Pawn vi. 83 A Chippendale period mahogany desk with cock-beaded drawers and carved gilt handles.

2011 E. A. Davison Furnit. John Shearer ii. 125/1 The walnut extensions of the lopers are tenoned into the cock-beaded façades and pegged.

ˈcock beading n. cock beads collectively or beading of this type.

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