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Meaning of Tracery | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
ˈtɹeɪsəɹi

Definitions

  1. Bars or ribs, usually of stone or wood, or other material, that subdivide an opening or stand in relief against a door or wall as an ornamental feature.
  2. A delicate interlacing of lines reminiscent of the architectural ornament.

Equivalents

العربية الزّخرفة
Български фигура
Bosanski фигура
Català traceria
Deutsch Maßwerk
Español tracería
Suomi ruususto
Français tracerie
Hrvatski фигура
Italiano traforo
Português traceria
Српски фигура

Examples

“Because of the flamelike undulations of its window tracery, the Norman archæologist, M. de Caumont, who had brought into use the name Romanesque, invented the equally useful term Flamboyant.”
“He is homesick for the hale rough weather; for the tracery of the frost upon his window-panes at morning, the reluctant descent of the first flakes, and the white roofs relieved against the sombre sky.”

CEFR level

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This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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