- wheel tracery
- noun
: tracery (as in a wheel window) radiating from a center like the spokes of a wheel
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wheel tracery
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wheel window — noun : a circular window having radiating mullions like the spokes of a wheel compare rose window, wheel tracery * * * a rose window having prominent radiating mullions. Also called Catherine wheel, marigold window. * * * wheel window noun A… … Useful english dictionary
Fan tracery — Fan Fan (f[a^]n), n. [AS. fann, fr. L. vannus fan, van for winnowing grain; cf. F. van. Cf. {Van} a winnowing machine, {Winnow}.] 1. An instrument used for producing artificial currents of air, by the wafting or revolving motion of a broad… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Fan wheel — Fan Fan (f[a^]n), n. [AS. fann, fr. L. vannus fan, van for winnowing grain; cf. F. van. Cf. {Van} a winnowing machine, {Winnow}.] 1. An instrument used for producing artificial currents of air, by the wafting or revolving motion of a broad… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Plate tracery — Plate Plate, n. [OF. plate a plate of metal, a cuirsas, F. plat a plate, a shallow vessel of silver, other metal, or earth, fr. plat flat, Gr. ?. See {Place}, n.] 1. A flat, or nearly flat, piece of metal, the thickness of which is small in… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Plate wheel — Plate Plate, n. [OF. plate a plate of metal, a cuirsas, F. plat a plate, a shallow vessel of silver, other metal, or earth, fr. plat flat, Gr. ?. See {Place}, n.] 1. A flat, or nearly flat, piece of metal, the thickness of which is small in… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Catherine wheel — Rose Rose, n. [AS. rose, L. rosa, probably akin to Gr. ?, Armor. vard, OPer. vareda; and perhaps to E. wort: cf. F. rose, from the Latin. Cf. {Copperas}, {Rhododendron}.] 1. A flower and shrub of any species of the genus {Rosa}, of which there… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
wheelwindow — wheel window n. A rose window, especially one in which the tracery radiates in spokelike fashion with little further ornament. * * * … Universalium
Rose window — A Rose window (or Catherine window) is often used as a generic term applied to a circular window, but is especially used for those found in churches of the Gothic architectural style and being divided into segments by stone mullions and tracery.… … Wikipedia
Gothic architecture — See also: Gothic art The western façade of Reims Cathedral, France … Wikipedia
rose window — a circular window decorated with tracery symmetrical about the center. Cf. wheel window. [1765 75] * * * In Gothic architecture, a decorated circular window, often glazed with stained glass, that first appeared in mid 12th century cathedrals. It… … Universalium
