reticulated tracery

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noun Architecture.

tracery consisting in large part of a netlike arrangement of repeated geometrical figures.

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Origin of reticulated tracery

First recorded in 1840–50

Words nearby reticulated tracery

reticent, reticle, reticular, reticular formation, reticulate, reticulated tracery, reticulate python, reticulation, reticule, reticulocyte, reticuloendothelial

How to use reticulated tracery in a sentence

The windows are ornamented by tracery, and the façade is enriched by a free use of carving.
Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham|Thomas T. Harman and Walter Showell
The fine reticulated lines in question are caused by the hypo-soda not being thoroughly washed off.
Notes and Queries, Number 177, March 19, 1853|Various
"Nothing," answered the Andalusian, his dreamy eye wandering over the marble tracery on the wall above.
God Wills It!|William Stearns Davis
It was good to rest quietly and look upward into the dark tracery far overhead.
God Wills It!|William Stearns Davis

Through the tracery of the lattice came the warm breeze, bearing the narcotic scent of those tropic gardens.
God Wills It!|William Stearns Davis