fan tracery
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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The roof has fan tracery with a massive pendant.
From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Ely A History and Description of the Building with a Short Account of the Monastery and of the See by Sweeting, W. D. (Walter Debenham)
The chancel has a screen and rood-loft, with fan tracery E. and W.; the staircase is in the S. pier of the arch.
From Somerset by Wade, G. W.
The chapel is, in its way, perfect, a complete vault of fan tracery.
From Evesham by New, E. H. (Edmund Hort)
The projection of the rood-loft still remained on the top, adorned with fan tracery, and there was also the old door which led up to it.
From From John O'Groats to Land's End by Naylor, Robert
They are elegantly designed with fan tracery, and the windows, since their original foundation, appear to have been enriched with tracery.
From Cathedral Cities of England by Gilbert, George
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