stump tracery

noun

A form of late German Gothic tracery in which the moulded bar seems to pass through itself in its convolutions, and is then cut off short, so that a section of the moulding is seen at the end of each similar stump.

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Meanings

nounstump tracery (uncountable)
  1. uncountablearchitectureA form of late German Gothic tracery in which the moulded bar seems to pass through itself in its convolutions, and is then cut off short, so that a section of the moulding is seen at the end of each similar stump.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “stump tracery,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stump%20tracery.

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