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tracery Definition

trac·ery (trāsər ē)

noun pl. -·er·ies

ornamental work of interlacing or branching lines, as in a Gothic window, some kinds of embroidery, etc.

Etymology: < trace + -ery

tracery Synonyms

tracery

n.

tracery Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • window: South wall: tracery of main window has modern backing.

Converse of object

  • reticulate: On right side, next to corner, 5 tall flat topped windows with reticulated tracery.
  • intersect: The three plus three side parts have intersecting tracery.
  • flow: The S transept S window is a glorious piece of flowing tracery.

Adjective modifier

  • cusped: West wall: Fabric ' D ' with inserted window having two-centred arched light with cusped tracery.
  • foiled: It has a two-centred arch with a renewed hoodmould over three cinquefoiled, two-centred lights with foiled panel tracery above.
  • geometrical: The upper windows are large and have geometrical tracery; so have the tower windows; the lower windows are simpler.
  • perpendicular: Of the same period is the east wall of the church, with its fine window with Perpendicular panel tracery.
  • Gothic: The windows which form a special feature of the church are of stone Gothic tracery with Gothic pointed beads filled with lead glazing.
  • delicate: Originally, the spaces between the columns were filled with delicate Gothic tracery, destroyed by the Puritans.

Modifies a noun

  • panel: Each section or frieze, they are more or less identical, comprises four tracery panels beneath a hood mold.
  • light: The Tree rises, through the decorative borders, to the tracery lights, which are filled with leaves.
  • window: The original windows have been replaced by large three-light tracery windows of c.
  • pattern: West wall: as east wall and again with five tracery patterns.

Noun used with modifier

  • cinquefoil: Windows with two-centred arches containing three lights with cinquefoil tracery.
  • quatrefoil: Above the door is a double lancet window with quatrefoil tracery.
  • trefoil: Except in the tower, the 1857 windows are trefoil-headed lights with trefoil tracery above, set in square-headed apertures.
  • Y: Four pointed arch windows, ground floor blanks upper with renewed Y tracery, partly boarded, with one blocked.
  • panel: The chancel E window of five lights has panel tracery.. .
  • plate: This was the first of its kind, with Purbeck stone columns, pointed arches and plate tracery windows.