fan tracery

noun

Tracery rising from a capital or a corbel, and diverging like the folds of a fan over the surface of a vault.

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Meanings

nounfan tracery (countable and uncountable, plural fan traceries)

plural fan traceries

  1. countableuncountablearchitectureTracery rising from a capital or a corbel, and diverging like the folds of a fan over the surface of a vault.
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APA

fan tracery. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fan%20tracery

MLA

“fan tracery.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fan%20tracery. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fan tracery,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fan%20tracery.

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