tracery
tracery · traceries
Maßwerk
Bars or ribs, usually of stone or wood, or other material, that subdivide an opening…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.
/ˈtɹeɪsəɹi/
» There are traceries around each window of old man Simon's house.
Meaning
2 sensesBars 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.
Maßwerk
(broadly)A delicate interlacing of lines reminiscent of the architectural ornament.
More definitions
- decoration consisting of an open pattern of interlacing ribs
Examples
2 sentencesThere are traceries around each window of old man Simon's house.
To all of this new, strange music, Liszt and Chopin added the wonderful tracery of orientalism.
Translations
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By meaning 1
bars or ribs as an ornamental feature: