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trac⋅er⋅y

  [trey-suh-ree]
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–noun, plural -er⋅ies.
1. ornamental work consisting of ramified ribs, bars, or the like, as in the upper part of a Gothic window, in panels, screens, etc.
2. any delicate, interlacing work of lines, threads, etc., as in carving or embroidery; network.
Origin:
1425–75; late ME; see trace 1 , -ery
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trac·er·y   (trā'sə-rē)   
n.   pl. trac·er·ies
Ornamental work of interlaced and branching lines, especially the lacy openwork in a Gothic window.

[From trace1.]
trac'er·ied adj.
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Word Origin & History

tracery 
1464, "a place for drawing," formed in Eng. from trace (v.). Architectural sense, in ref. to intersecting rib work in the upper part of a gothic window, is attested from 1669. "Introduced by Wren, who described it as a masons' term," according to Weekley.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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