Meaning & use
tracery
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Ornamental stonework, especially in Gothic architecture, forming decorative patterns within window openings; also, any delicate interlacing pattern.
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Sunlight filtered through the cathedral's intricate stone tracery.
Frost left delicate tracery patterns across the windowpane.
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Most associated with Gothic cathedral windows, though the term applies more broadly to any lace-like decorative pattern.
Words with a similar meaning
latticeworkfretwork
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