tracery

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trac·ery | \ ˈtrā-sə-rē

, ˈtrās-rē \

plural traceries

Definition of tracery

1 : architectural ornamental work with branching lines especially : decorative openwork in a Gothic window

2 : a decorative interlacing of lines suggestive of Gothic tracery

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

Recent Examples on the Web Its stark lines, the gothic tracery of its wings, the fetching retro color scheme of orange and black and its ruby eyes all suggest some arts and crafts jewel. — Washington Post, 26 May 2021 No one builds 14th-century Gothic stonework anymore, these thick, load-bearing masonry walls, arches, tracery. — Marjorie Hunt, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 July 2020 Boudin, who is slim, with a tracery of facial hair and a hyper-focussed social manner, walked around the deck, greeting old friends (Dohrn’s former law student! — Dana Goodyear, The New Yorker, 5 Oct. 2019 The light work is particularly impressive in a movie that can shift with ease from the neon luridness of the midway to the delicate tracery of sunlight refracted through a stately retinue of chandeliers. — The Washington Post, The Mercury News, 20 June 2019 Spread out over the sand at each tiny entrance was an elaborate tracery of crab footprints, as if each crab had woven a fresh lace welcome mat for visitors. — New York Times, 28 June 2018 The bloom is golden with a tracery of magenta venation. — Adrian Higgins, idahostatesman, 21 Feb. 2018 Notable also is the biclinium (two-benched dining room) with a first-century AD frescoed ceiling painted all over with a delicate tracery of vines with bunches of grapes hanging from the branches. — Jim Berkeley, Town & Country, 5 Oct. 2016 The light work is particularly impressive in a movie that can shift with ease from the neon luridness of the midway to the delicate tracery of sunlight refracted through a stately retinue of chandeliers. — The Washington Post, The Mercury News, 20 June 2019

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