Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Ornamented with tracerv of any hind.
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- adjective Decorated with
tracery
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Examples
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In the rafters built on the flat in the medieval manner, the true arched and traceried windows, the stone floor and the high altar, the liturgy is celebrated faithfully by the architecture.
Architect Ethan Anthony on Neo-Gothic Architecture Today 2009
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As the traceried windows suggest, it was less a defensive structure than a six-storey mansion built on a castle theme – truly an Englishman's home.
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Its beauty is a stark beauty of massive stone with nothing like the traceried battlements and buttresses of Darrowby's splendid church, which is famed to such an extent that it is often referred to as a little cathedral.
Every living thing Herriot, James 1992
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Weeds forced apart broken paving-stones in what had been a vast court and lay in traceried circles of stringers.
The Silent Tower Hambly, Barbara 1986
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The castle queens it on her hill, the crown of pride and power, Turreted and traceried and carven like a gem,
The Unicorn Trade Anderson, Poul and Karen 1984
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On reading books on Egypt and the voyage up the Nile, one is sure to find some mention of the curious beetle which is found along the banks of the river, especially in Nubia, where the shore is traceried with the footprints of the busy little creature.
Wild Nature Won By Kindness Elizabeth Brightwen
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In the wall beneath these windows two recesses will be noticed, exactly alike in size, and in their segmental headed and traceried canopies.
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It projects 8 feet into the garth, and is entered from the cloister alley by eight tall arches with glazed traceried openings above.
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Gothic architecture, with its pointed arches, flying buttresses, and traceried windows, never struck deep roots in Italy.
Early European History Hutton Webster
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The same words can be applied to this chapel, for here we have the long fan-traceried arch, and beneath are stones and human dust, for many members of King's and others are buried within its walls.
A Short Account of King's College Chapel Walter Poole Littlechild
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