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noun
- 1. ornamental stone openwork, typically in the upper part of a Gothic window: "the rose designs were divided by tracery"
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Bar tracery in the clerestory windows at Reims Cathedral (1230s). A cross section through a mullion is shown within the left lancet. Tracery is an architectural device by which windows (or screens, panels, and vaults) are divided into sections of various proportions by stone bars or ribs of moulding. [1]
noun. trac· ery ˈtrā-sə-rē. ˈtrās-rē. plural traceries. 1. : architectural ornamental work with branching lines. especially : decorative openwork in a Gothic window. 2. : a decorative interlacing of lines suggestive of Gothic tracery. traceried. ˈtrā-sə-rēd. ˈtrās-rēd. adjective. Illustration of tracery. tracery 1.
tracery, in architecture, bars, or ribs, used decoratively in windows or other openings; the term also applies to similar forms used in relief as wall decoration (sometimes called blind tracery) and hence figuratively, to any intricate line pattern.
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. Most material © 2005, 1997, 1991 by Penguin Random House LLC.
I thought of the tracery of lanes and small roads with villages and market towns and of the rural life that has been lived there over centuries. From the Hansard archive
any delicate, interlacing work of lines, threads, etc., as in carving or embroidery; network. tracery. / ˈtreɪsərɪ / noun. a pattern of interlacing ribs, esp as used in the upper part of a Gothic window, etc. any fine pattern resembling this.
Define tracery. tracery synonyms, tracery pronunciation, tracery translation, English dictionary definition of tracery. n. pl. trac·er·ies Ornamental work of interlaced and branching lines, especially the lacy openwork in a Gothic window. trac′er·ied adj. American Heritage®...
Definition of tracery noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Tracery Definition. Ornamental work of interlacing or branching lines, as in a Gothic window, some kinds of embroidery, etc. (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.
TRACERY meaning: 1 : decorative patterns made in stone in some church windows; 2 : lines that cross each other in a complicated and attractive pattern.
