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trac·ery
\-rē, -ri\ noun
(-es)
Etymology: trace (II) + -ery
1. : architectural ornamental work with ramified lines: as
a. : decorative openwork in the head of a Gothic window:
(1) : bar tracery
(2) : plate tracery
b. : ornamentation resembling window tracery on other decorative objects (as panels of wood or metal)
c. : a similar decoration in some styles of vaulting in which the ribs of the vault give off the minor bars of which the tracery is composed
2. : a decorative interlacing of lines suggestive of Gothic tracery : a pattern wrought by the interweaving or branching out of lines in ornamental or graceful figures
< the tracery of frost on a window pane >
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