traceried

[ trey-suh-reed ]

adjective

1. ornamented or decorated with tracery.

Other Words From

• un·tracer·ied adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of traceried¹

First recorded in 1835–45; tracery + -ed ³

Example Sentences

They bed down under a “beautiful traceried window, of many lights, its date being the fifteenth century.”

From New York Times

So detailed are the models that visitors are able to see pews, and details such as moulded kneelers and drip moulds, inside the two parish churches through delicately traceried stained-glass windows.

From The Guardian

The walls, which are at least twenty-five feet high, are roofed with painted beams resting on panels of traceried stucco in which is set a clerestory of jewelled glass.

From Project Gutenberg

We were led first into a narrow mosque or praying-chapel, like those of the Medersas, with a coffered cedar ceiling resting on four marble columns, and traceried walls of unusually beautiful design.

From Project Gutenberg

Then, unexpectedly, a gate in one of the inner walls lets one into a tiled court enclosed in a traceried cloister and overlooking an orange-grove that rises out of a carpet of roses.

From Project Gutenberg