tracery
pronunciation
How to pronounce tracery in British English:
UK [ˈtreɪsəri]
How to pronounce tracery in American English:
US ['treɪsərɪ]
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- Noun:
- decoration consisting of an open pattern of interlacing ribs
Word Origin
- tracery (n.)
- 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" [Weekley].
Example
- 1. Guangzhou liwan qiaoxing tracery manufacturing company .
- 2. Decorated with wormlike tracery or markings .
- 3. Tracery or an ornament with four foils or lobes .
- 4. Circular and filled with tracery .
- 5. Fragile tracery that must be preserved unmutilated and distinct-b. n. cardozo .