tracery
/ˈtreɪsəri/
noun
- An ornamental stone pattern of interlaced lines, especially in the upper part of a Gothic window or arch.
- The rose window's tracery was incredibly intricate.
- The museum displayed a fragment of tracery from a ruined abbey.
- Medieval builders used tracery to create beautiful patterns in stone.
- Any delicate, interlaced pattern or design resembling stone tracery.
- The frost left a delicate tracery of ice on the windowpane.
- The lace had a fine tracery of flowers and leaves.
- The map showed a tracery of rivers and streams across the valley.