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Definition of cock-bead in English: cock-beadnoun A projecting wooden moulding used to decorate furniture. Example sentencesExamples - The epitome of the English cabinet maker's art, the solid oak, raised and fielded panel doors are set into a traditional oak frame and cock-bead.
Derivatives adjective He bought the case with four cock-beaded long drawers on base molding with shaped bracket feet. Example sentencesExamples - The door of the recessed cupboard is often paneled and sometimes flush, with a cock-beaded edge to match the drawer fronts.
- It was a Welsh oak dresser with open shelves supported on shaped shoes over a base of five drawers around a cock-beaded arch raised on square chamfered legs.
- The amphitheater's upper drawers are shell carved and the cock-beaded lower drawers and all door panels are executed in superior crotch mahogany veneers.
- Fluted brackets, cornice, and cock-beaded doors are subtle detailing on this otherwise vernacular expression.
noun The drawers having ebony cock-beading. Example sentencesExamples - This small chest's four drawers have fronts with cock-beading, cross banding and figured maple inset panels.
- The drawers in the desk section have the remnants of cock-beading - a projecting bead molding that originated in furniture design to protect veneer edges on drawer fronts.
- In other situations the cock-beading is added directly to the edges of the drawer front.
- His knowledge and enthusiasm shine through, whether describing the repair of cock-beading on drawer fronts, taking the kinks out of a card table, or restoring a table attacked by a tomcat.
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