tracery

[US]/'treɪs(ə)rɪ/
[UK]/'tresəri/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n.decorative stone or wooden framework in windows

Phrases & Collocations

beautiful tracery

gothic tracery

delicate tracery work

Example Sentences

a tracery of red veins.

"The Bar tracery of the parallel English Decorated style formed netlike patterns Based on the circle, arch, trefoil, and quatrefoil."

The cathedral's stained glass windows featured intricate tracery designs.

The tracery on the old building's facade added a touch of elegance.

The delicate tracery of vines covered the garden trellis.

The artist used tracery to create a beautiful pattern on the wallpaper.

The tracery of the wrought iron gate was both functional and decorative.

The tracery of the lace curtains added a touch of elegance to the room.

The intricate tracery of the jewelry box made it a work of art.

The tracery of the wrought iron fence gave the garden a unique charm.

The tracery of the wood carving was so detailed that it looked almost lifelike.

The delicate tracery of the porcelain vase was a testament to the artisan's skill.

Real-world Examples

The roof and chimney of Venn's caravan showed behind the tracery and tangles of the brake.

Source: Returning Home

High up overhead the snow settled among the tracery of the cathedral towers.

Source: The New Arabian Nights (Part Two)

Climbing up in the south quire to look at the traceries originally, he had found them heavily fissured, like all Durham's ancient sandstone.

Source: The Economist - Comprehensive

For notwithstanding its complicated tracery of sculpture, the Temple of the Law, like the Temple of the Philistines, has but two props to stand on.

Source: Moby-Dick

Lights shone from every window; from the great stone gateway ran a tracery of wheel tracks drawn in the dust by the vehicles of the guests.

Source: Selected Works of O. Henry

Then, there is a rare beauty in the structure of trees ungarmented; and if perchance snow or frost have silvered their tracery against the sober sky, it becomes a marvel which never tires.

Source: Essays on the Four Seasons

The windows of the chapel gleamed through their intricate tracery with a light as of many tapers, and threw out the buttresses and the peaked roof in a more intense blackness against the sky.

Source: The New Arabian Nights (Part Two)

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