plate tracery

noun

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

Origin of plate tracery

First recorded in 1850–55

These openings are a very early example of plate tracery, which was fully developed in the Early Decorated style.
Bell's Cathedrals: Wimborne Minster and Christchurch Priory | Thomas Perkins
When this is done in the stone work, it is called plate tracery, and from this is developed the window tracery of later times.
A Handbook of Pictorial History | Henry W. Donald
In nearly all cases where brick is used for tracery, it is in the shape of plate-tracery.
Brick and Marble in the Middle Ages | George Edmund Street
The drawings which I have given will shew how generally the tracery, commonly called plate-tracery, was used.
Brick and Marble in the Middle Ages | George Edmund Street
In the west wall is an Early English window, which is a good example of plate-tracery.
The Cathedrals of Great Britain | P. H. Ditchfield

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