tracery
ornamental work consisting of ramified ribs, bars, or the like, as in the upper part of a Gothic window, in panels, screens, etc.
any delicate, interlacing work of lines, threads, etc., as in carving or embroidery; network.
Origin of tracery
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How to use tracery in a sentence
And not content with this exuberance in the external ornaments of the arch, the finial interferes with its traceries.
The Stones of Venice, Volume III (of 3) | John RuskinFinally: there is an intermediate arrangement between the glazed and the open tracery, that of the domestic traceries of Venice.
The Stones of Venice, Volume I (of 3) | John RuskinThe sun shining slantwise through the trees threw delicate traceries across the road, with bars of golden light between.
The White Company | Arthur Conan DoyleThe traceries of streams or shining white washes brightened the floor of the long dark pit.
Tales of lonely trails | Zane GreyThe day was warm; the white-hot sun cut traceries of the cottonwood trees on the ground.
John Ermine of the Yellowstone | Frederic Remington
British Dictionary definitions for tracery
/ (ˈtreɪsərɪ) /
a pattern of interlacing ribs, esp as used in the upper part of a Gothic window, etc
any fine pattern resembling this
Derived forms of tracery
- traceried, adjective
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