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stump tracery

stump tracery noun: a form of late German Gothic tracery in which the moulded bar seems to pass through itself in its convolutions, and is then cut off short, so that a section of the moulding is seen at the end of each similar stump.

Noun

stump tracery (uncountable)

  1. A form of late German Gothic tracery in which the moulded bar seems to pass through itself in its convolutions, and is then cut off short, so that a section of the moulding is seen at the end of each similar stump.

Questions about stump tracery

What does stump tracery mean?
Stump tracery means a form of late German Gothic tracery in which the moulded bar seems to pass through itself in its convolutions, and is then cut off short, so that a section of the moulding is seen at the end of each similar stump.
What part of speech is stump tracery?
Stump tracery is a noun.

Words near stump tracery in the dictionary

  1. stump powders
  2. stump speech
  3. stump speeches
  4. stump stabber
  5. stump stabbers
  6. stump tracery
  7. stump up
  8. stump-cam
  9. stump-cams
  10. stump-tailed macaque
  11. stump-tailed macaques

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