fan tracery
Britishnoun
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The ceiling of this is of fan tracery, and its side walls are panelled in five tiers.
From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Manchester A Short History and Description of the Church and of the Collegiate Buildings now known as Chetham's Hospital by Rev. Thomas Perkins
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 W. D. (Walter Debenham) Sweeting
The roof has the beautiful fan tracery, very similar on a smaller scale to that at King's College Chapel at Cambridge.
From The Cathedral Church of Peterborough A Description Of Its Fabric And A Brief History Of The Episcopal See by W. D. (Walter Debenham) Sweeting
The chapel is, in its way, perfect, a complete vault of fan tracery.
From Evesham by E. H. (Edmund Hort) New
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 George Gilbert
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