plate tracery
noun
tracery, as in early Gothic architecture, formed of cut or pierced slabs of stone set on edge with the flat side outward.
Also called
perforated tracery.
Origin of plate tracery
First recorded in 1850–55
Words nearby plate tracery
plate mark,
plate proof,
plate rail,
plate shop,
plate tectonics,
plate tracery,
plate up,
plate-dog,
plateau,
plateau pulse,
plateau's problem
Example sentences from the Web for perforated tracery
In nearly all cases where brick is used for tracery, it is in the shape of plate-tracery.
Brick and Marble in the Middle Ages |George Edmund StreetIn the west wall is an Early English window, which is a good example of plate-tracery.
The Cathedrals of Great Britain |P. H. Ditchfield