tracery

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˈtɹeɪsəɹi/

Noun

broadly

(architecture) 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.

Japanese Meaning

建築において、石や木などで作られた装飾的なバーや肋が、窓や開口部を細分化するための格子状・骨組みとして用いられるもの

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The cathedral's stained glass was framed by delicate stone tracery that filtered the sunlight into colored bands.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

大聖堂のステンドグラスは繊細な石の格子細工に囲まれ、光を色とりどりの帯に変えていた。

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Sense（1）

(architecture) 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.

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.

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Sense（2）

(by extension) A delicate interlacing of lines reminiscent of the architectural ornament.

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.

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traceries

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