1Architecture A small pointed ornament or moulding forming one of a series radiating like petals from a raised centre, typical of Norman and Early English styles.
〔建筑〕犬牙饰（多见于诺曼式和早期英国哥特式建筑风格）
2mass nounA small check pattern with notched corners suggestive of a canine tooth, used in cloth for jackets and suits.
犬牙花纹
Example sentencesExamples
She squealed dramatically and grabbed the sleeve of Theo's dog-tooth jacket, her eyeballs seeming suddenly to bulge at the drama of it all.
Close behind the red-jacketed men came stout ladies in dog-tooth hacking jackets.
They wore bumster trousers in black-and-white dog-tooth, pirate shirts, white boots and gymslips.