fan tracery
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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The vaulting is covered with fan tracery, the spaces between the ribs being filled in with a rich design.
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The ceiling of this is of fan tracery, and its side walls are panelled in five tiers.
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The Porch has a fine groined vault, with fan tracery, and a rich parapet and cornice.
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Thus, for instance, the roof of Milan Cathedral is seemingly covered with elaborate fan tracery, forcibly enough painted to enable it, in its dark and removed position, to deceive a careless observer.
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They are elegantly designed with fan tracery, and the windows, since their original foundation, appear to have been enriched with tracery.
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