tracery
[ trey-suh-ree ]
/ ˈtreɪ sə ri /
noun, plural trac·er·ies.
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.
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filigree, screen, network, picture, scheme, layout, form, map, pattern, study, idea, method, construction, architecture, composition, model, arrangement, drawing, plan, lace
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tracery
/ (ˈtreɪsərɪ) /
noun plural -eries
a pattern of interlacing ribs, esp as used in the upper part of a Gothic window, etc
any fine pattern resembling this
Derived Formstraceried, adjective
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Word Origin and History for tracery
tracery
mid-15c., "a place for drawing," formed in English from trace (v.) + -ery. Architectural sense, in reference to intersecting rib work in the upper part of a gothic window, is attested from 1660s. "Introduced by Wren, who described it as a masons' term," according to Weekley.
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