Flourishes
As a flourish (Low German: snail-shaped ) is called:
- in the font curved, decorative lines, see swing (font)
- in architecture the volute
- the snail at the end of the neck of a string instrument, see snail (music)
- loop or spiral graphic elements, such as B. the rubrica , or the elephant's trunk
- figuratively an exaggerated ornament, e.g. B. as a rhetorical figure
See also:
Wiktionary: Schnörkel - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations