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tracery

[ trey-suh-ree ]

noun

plural traceries.
  1. ornamental work consisting of ramified ribs, bars, or the like, as in the upper part of a Gothic window, in panels, screens, etc.
  2. any delicate, interlacing work of lines, threads, etc., as in carving or embroidery; network.


tracery

/ ˈ³Ù°ù±ðɪ²õÉ™°ùɪ /

noun

  1. a pattern of interlacing ribs, esp as used in the upper part of a Gothic window, etc
  2. any fine pattern resembling this
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ³Ù°ù²¹³¦±ð°ù¾±±ð»å, adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of tracery1

late Middle English word dating back to 1425–75; trace 1, -ery
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The spots begin to move, and slip-sliding traceries of luminosity explode.

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The masons have now moved on to the North Cloisters, where they will spend the next four years restoring elaborately carved tracery and Purbeck columns, bases and capitals that have split.

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Yet, his exquisite graphite drawing positions a viewer behind an iron railing decorated with the elegant tracery of the king’s monogram.

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In front of the new hedge, a simple 9-foot arbor, also stained a dark color, supports Clematis armandii, providing an evergreen tracery of foliage that’s smothered with fragrant white blooms in early spring.

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He painted this complex plane, with its traceries, sculptures, pilasters and sunken portals jutting out and receding, 28 times, after first painting two close-ups of the Tour Saint Romain, one of the two western towers.

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