rare. [ad. Ger. knospe a bud, boss, knob.] An architectural (or other) ornament in the form of a bud, or forming a bunch-like or rounded protuberance; a knop, knob, boss, stud.
1808. Scott, Marm., V. Introd. iv. Ere from thy mural crown there fell The slightest knosp or pinnacle. Ibid. (1820), Abbot, xxxii. The black letter Bible … adorned with massive silver clasps and knosps.
1855. Milman, Lat. Chr., XIV. viii. (1864), IX. 297. Prodigality of ornament, knosps, shrine work, corbels, gurgoyles.
Hence Knosped a., furnished with knosps.
1818. Milman, Samor, 290. The iron or the knosped brass.
