Tracery

/tɹˈe‍ɪsəɹi/

/tɹˈeɪsɚɹi/

[noun]

Tracery

[NOUN]

the ornamental stonework or decorative patterns of interlacing shapes and lines, typically found in Gothic architecture

Examples

1. The Great West Window has exceptional stone tracery.

2. But at some point, he decided that it was better to leave it as-is and to allow these translucent washes and the very powdery materiality of the surface, and this exquisite-- there's not a better word, but exquisite, constellatory tracery of pencil lines that describe suns and moons and stars and flames, to leave all that visible because it better expressed his sense of self or his state of mind at the time.