OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 44700

tracery

/ˈtɹeɪsəɹi/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
tracería
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.
Because of the flamelike undulations of its window tracery, the Norman archæologist, M. de Caumont, who had brought into use the name Romanesque, invented the equally useful term F…
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