| Tracery 1. (n.) Ornamental work with rambled lines. 2. (n.) The decorative head of a Gothic window. 3. (n.) A similar decoration in some styles of vaulting, the ribs of the vault giving off the minor bars of which the tracery is composed. Thesaurus Entries arabesque, arc, basketry, basketwork, bow, cancellation, catacaustic, catenary, caustic, circle, conchoid, crook, cross-hatching, crossing-out, curl, curve, diacaustic, ellipse, festoon, filigree, fret, fretwork, grate, grating, grid, gridiron, grille, grillwork, hachure, hatching, hook, hyperbola, interlacement, intertexture, intertwinement, lace, lacery, lacework, lacing, lattice, latticework, lituus, mesh, meshes, meshwork, net, netting, network, parabola, plexure, plexus, raddle, reticle, reticulation, reticule, reticulum, riddle, screen, screening, sieve, sinus, texture, tissue, trellis, trelliswork, wattle, weave, weaving, web, webbing, webwork, weft, wicker, wickerwork |