"fan tracery" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: fan traceries [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} fan tracery (countable and uncountable, plural fan traceries)
  1. (architecture) Tracery rising from a capital or a corbel, and diverging like the folds of a fan over the surface of a vault. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Architectural elements
    Sense id: en-fan_tracery-en-noun-Bxbc2UYI Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: architecture

Inflected forms

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