dogtooth

noun

1. Also dog tooth. a canine tooth.
2. Architecture. any of a series of small pyramidal ornaments, usually formed by a radiating arrangement of four sculptured leaves, set close together in a concave molding, used especially in England in the 13th century.

noun plural -teeth

1. another name for a canine (def. 3)
2. architect a carved ornament in the form of four leaflike projections radiating from a raised centre, used in England in the 13th century