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fretwork [ˈfretwɜ:k, Am -wɜ:rk] N no pl

fretwork

резно́е украше́ние nt

fretwork

резьба́ f

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These decorations appear as bands of delicately chiseled fretwork, moulded colonettes and scrolls scribed with tiny figures. en.wikipedia.org

Carpenters competed with verve to out-build each other with their use of elaborate fretwork and decoration. en.wikipedia.org

The railing is surrounded by moulding that appears to thread through the fretwork. en.wikipedia.org

Also in the church are a 19th-century fretwork screen, and communion rails with balusters. en.wikipedia.org

Fretwork is used to adorn furniture and musical instruments. en.wikipedia.org

The arched openings of the tower are decorated with wooden fretwork and the original bell rests on its mount; the bell's mechanism still works. en.wikipedia.org

This doorway is surrounded by side and overlights whose frames are decorated with fretwork. en.wikipedia.org

The upper of the two stories has a gable end roof; an adjoining hip roof has a downward fishtail fretwork on its eaves. en.wikipedia.org

Fretwork patterns originally were ornamental designs used to decorate objects with a grid or a lattice. en.wikipedia.org

Design elements include intricate carvings, semicircular arched windows, crescent apse and moorish fretwork. en.wikipedia.org

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