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tracery

9 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. tracery (noun)
  2. bar tracery (noun)
  3. fan tracery (noun)
  4. flowing tracery (noun)
  5. net tracery (noun)
  6. plate tracery (noun)
  7. reticulated tracery (noun)
  8. stump tracery (noun)
  9. wheel tracery (noun)

trac·ery

noun \ˈtrā-sə-rē, ˈtrās-rē\
plural trac·er·ies

Definition of TRACERY

1
: architectural ornamental work with branching lines; especially : decorative openwork in the head of a Gothic window
2
: a decorative interlacing of lines suggestive of Gothic tracery
— trac·er·ied \-rēd\ adjective
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Examples of TRACERY

  1. This window is an example of Gothic tracery.
  2. the delicate tracery of a butterfly's wing

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