tracery
IPA: trˈeɪsɝi
noun
- (architecture) Bars or ribs, usually of stone or wood, or other material, that subdivide an opening or stand in relief against a door or wall as an ornamental feature.
- (by extension) A delicate interlacing of lines reminiscent of the architectural ornament.
Advertisement
Examples of "tracery" in Sentences
- The glass in the tracery is medieval.
- No two windows have the same tracery.
- A circular window with tracery tops both.
- The side windows have reticulated tracery.
- The narthex of the church contains tracery.
- The windows are lancets with simple tracery.
- It has an east window with Perpendicular tracery.
- Note that it is the tracery that is of particular importance.
- The arch is screened with delicate oak tracery of the same age.