tracery
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Among them are working drawings that prescribe the profile of every block of stone, each keyed to its exact place in the building, whether gable, tracery or buttress.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 18, 2026
Yet, his exquisite graphite drawing positions a viewer behind an iron railing decorated with the elegant tracery of the king’s monogram.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 14, 2023
Clues in the remaining buildings reveal it had corner turrets and a great hall accessed via an impressive doorway and illuminated by tracery windows.
From BBC • May 1, 2022
He organized the museum around a grand atrium, roofed by a tracery of pyramid-shaped skylights that created a lively play of sun and shadow.
From Seattle Times • May 16, 2019
There they cut stones and tracery, carved capitals and sculptures in preparation for the return of the masons in the spring.
From "Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction" by David Macaulay
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
