plate tracery

plate tracery ExamplesWord Origin noun

1. tracery, as in early Gothic architecture, formed of cut or pierced slabs of stone set on edge with the flat side outward.

Origin of plate tracery First recorded in 1850–55 Also called perforated tracery. Examples from the Web for perforated tracery Historical Examples of perforated tracery

In the west wall is an Early English window, which is a good example of plate-tracery.

The Cathedrals of Great Britain

P. H. Ditchfield

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 Street