Results for fretwork

Definitions of fretwork:

part of speech: noun

Work adorned with frets: raised- work.

part of speech: noun

Carved, raised, or open ornamental work.

Usage examples for fretwork:

• The powerful glasses on Nissr showed fretwork carving everywhere; but the main outlines of the city, none the less, gave an impression of almost primitive severity. "The Flying Legion", George Allan England

• Now they lingered in the trellised walks closely covered over with vines and creepers; then they stopped to gather the golden bloom weighing down the mango boughs, and to smell the highly- scented flowers that hung from the green fretwork of the chambela. "Vikram-and-the-Vampire-Classic-Hindu-Tales-of-Adventure-Magic-and-Romance", Burton, Isabel, Lady

• Chapter 2 It is the evening of the 21st of June 1788. The day has been bright and sultry, and the sun will still be more than an hour above the horizon, but his rays, broken by the leafy fretwork of the elms that border the park, no longer prevent two ladies from carrying out their cushions and embroidery, and seating themselves to work on the lawn in front of Cheverel Manor. "Scenes of Clerical Life", George Eliot