fretwork – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
fretwork
n.
decorative work composed mainly of interwoven lines (often carved or cut out)
Fretwork
Fretwork is an interlaced decorative design that is either carved in low relief on a solid background, or cut out with a
fretsaw,
coping saw,
jigsaw or
scroll saw. Most fretwork patterns are geometric in design. The materials most commonly used are
wood and
metal. Fretwork is used to adorn
furniture and
musical instruments. The term is also used for
tracery on glazed windows and doors. Fretwork is also used to adorn/decorate architecture, where specific elements of decor are named according to their use such as eave
bracket, gable fretwork or baluster fretwork, which may be of metal, especially
cast iron or
aluminum.
fretwork
Noun
1. framework consisting of an ornamental design made of strips of wood or metal
(synonym) lattice, latticework
(hypernym) framework, frame, framing
(hyponym) trellis, treillage
(part-meronym) lath
fretwork
n.
ozdobné zpracování dřeva, kovu apod.; dřevořezba; ozdobné mřížoví
Fretwork
(n.)
Work adorned with frets; ornamental openwork or work in relief, esp. when elaborate and minute in its parts. Hence, any minute play of light and shade, dark and light, or the like.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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