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fan tracery

noun

  1. architect the carved ornamentation on fan vaulting
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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The vaulting is covered with fan tracery, the spaces between the ribs being filled in with a rich design.

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The ceiling of this is of fan tracery, and its side walls are panelled in five tiers.

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The Porch has a fine groined vault, with fan tracery, and a rich parapet and cornice.

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Thus, for instance, the roof of Milan Cathedral is seemingly covered with elaborate fan tracery, forcibly enough painted to enable it, in its dark and removed position, to deceive a careless observer.

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They are elegantly designed with fan tracery, and the windows, since their original foundation, appear to have been enriched with tracery.

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