plate tracery

American  

noun

1. tracery, as in early Gothic architecture, formed of cut or pierced slabs of stone set on edge with the flat side outward.

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Etymology

Origin of plate tracery

First recorded in 1850–55

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plate tracery

The windows are of plate tracery, and mark the transition between Early English and Decorated.

From Bournemouth, Poole & Christchurch by E. W. Haslehust

Though mainly Perp., it retains two Dec. windows in the N. wall, and the E. window has plate tracery, though this may not be original.

From Somerset by G. W. Wade

So long as the tracery preserves the simple character of piercings through a flat stone, filling the space between the window heads, it is known as plate tracery.

From Architecture Gothic and Renaissance by T. Roger (Thomas Roger) Smith

These contain beautiful examples of plate tracery windows.

From Bournemouth, Poole & Christchurch by E. W. Haslehust

These openings are a very early example of plate tracery, which was fully developed in the Early Decorated style.

From Bell's Cathedrals: Wimborne Minster and Christchurch Priory A Short History of Their Foundation and a Description of Their Buildings by Rev. Thomas Perkins