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tracery
noun trac·ery \ˈtrā-sə-rē, ˈtrās-rē\
: decorative patterns made in stone in some church windows
: lines that cross each other in a complicated and attractive pattern
plural trac·er·ies
Full Definition of TRACERY
1
: architectural ornamental work with branching lines; especially : decorative openwork in the head of a Gothic window
2
: a decorative interlacing of lines suggestive of Gothic tracery
— trac·er·ied \-rēd\ adjective
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