Antonyms for tracery


Grammar : Noun
Spell : trey-suh-ree
Phonetic Transcription : ˈtreɪ sə ri


Definition of tracery

Origin :
  • mid-15c., "a place for drawing," formed in English from trace (v.) + -ery. Architectural sense, in reference to intersecting rib work in the upper part of a gothic window, is attested from 1660s. "Introduced by Wren, who described it as a masons' term," according to Weekley.
  • As in lattice : noun mesh, trellis
  • As in mesh : noun netting, entanglement
  • As in net : noun mesh, web
  • As in schema : noun design
  • As in design : noun sketch, draft
  • As in embroidery : noun fancy stitching
  • As in filigree : noun ornamental art
Example sentences :
  • The roof is battlemented, and the tracery in the windows is graceful.
  • Extract from : « Devon, Its Moorlands, Streams and Coasts » by Rosalind Northcote
  • The tracery is geometrical, and the shafts in the angles of the splays are banded.
  • Extract from : « Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Durham » by J. E. Bygate
  • It is of an octangular shape, and the outside is adorned by tracery work.
  • Extract from : « Notes and Queries, Number 207, October 15, 1853 » by Various
  • In the tracery beneath, at the head of the mullion, was a statue.
  • Extract from : « Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Ely » by W. D. Sweeting
  • They were evidently not wholly made for the tracery, though parts of them may have been.
  • Extract from : « Highways and Byways in Surrey » by Eric Parker
  • He described the tracery as the most beautiful in the county.
  • Extract from : « Highways and Byways in Surrey » by Eric Parker
  • Some of these elegant little pots are overlaid with a tracery of silver.
  • Extract from : « Social Life » by Maud C. Cooke
  • Against the blue sky a tracery of delicate green was showing.
  • Extract from : « The Story of Silk » by Sara Ware Bassett
  • The lines of the tracery are lost, and one sees only spots of white.
  • Extract from : « Windows, A Book About Stained & Painted Glass » by Lewis F. Day
  • Early windows had, of course, no tracery properly so called.
  • Extract from : « Windows, A Book About Stained & Painted Glass » by Lewis F. Day

Synonyms for tracery

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