That railing had some very interesting fretwork that served as art as well as for safety. From LearnThat.org.
He nowise the fretwork to the king of the Frisians. From Wordnik.com. [The Tale of Beowulf Sometime King of the Folk of the Weder Geats] Reference
The feud with the Frisians; the fretwork he flitted. From Wordnik.com. [The Tale of Beowulf Sometime King of the Folk of the Weder Geats] Reference
The spire is of open fretwork, and the sun shines through it. From Wordnik.com. [Young Americans Abroad Vacation in Europe: Travels in England, France, Holland, Belgium, Prussia and Switzerland] Reference
Although he might be able to shinny down some of the fretwork. From Wordnik.com. [Tek Lab]
Mounting the beautiful fretwork marble staircase, just at the rear of. From Wordnik.com. [Fair Italy, the Riviera and Monte Carlo Comprising a Tour Through North and South Italy and Sicily with a Short Account of Malta] Reference
The fretwork of lines near her eyes had deepened and turned downward. From Wordnik.com. [Across The Sea Of Suns]
For each window, a fixed wooden fretwork impost is shaped to fit the arch. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 7] Reference
A wave curled lazily onto the beach, spread a fretwork of silver as it withdrew. From Wordnik.com. [Harpist in the Wind]
Hence the absurdity of that picture of Utopians saving their souls with fretwork. From Wordnik.com. [The Road to Wigan Pier] Reference
A cockerel crowed and grey light filtered through the fretwork shutters like an enemy. From Wordnik.com. [The Falcons of Montabard]
The walls were decorated with blue and gold fretwork: it was a standard holbooth room. From Wordnik.com. [The Grand Wheel]
Free ventilation is also secured by iron fretwork, in suitable portions of the ceiling. From Wordnik.com. [The International Monthly, Volume 2, No. 4, March, 1851] Reference
His delicate fretwork tea-tables are a delight, with their fretwork cupboards and carving. From Wordnik.com. [Furnishing the Home of Good Taste A Brief Sketch of the Period Styles in Interior Decoration with Suggestions as to Their Employment in the Homes of Today] Reference
All the windows are filled with pretty fretwork; bolts, doors, and window frames are also carved. From Wordnik.com. [Southern Arabia] Reference
He can do fretwork, cook a steak, clean boots, find out what's wrong with the gas, and understand. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, October 10, 1891] Reference
Strongfist gazed towards the open window where spring sunshine was dappling through the fretwork. From Wordnik.com. [The Falcons of Montabard]
On the façade of the new Schrager building there will be a fretwork squiggle made from aluminum. From Wordnik.com. [Condos of the Living Dead] Reference
A euphoric commander of archers was leaning against the stone fretwork, peering through the mist. From Wordnik.com. [Kingdoms of Light]
Upon raising her head, and casting a glance round, she saw the walls, artistically carved in fretwork. From Wordnik.com. [Hung Lou Meng, Book II Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books] Reference
Fig. 278: Elevation and vertical section of a «nacos» window with fretwork impost, on the first floor. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 7] Reference
Gently curving stone walls punctuated by groups of triangular windows are crowned with chevron fretwork. From Wordnik.com. [At the Museums: A Walk Through Time] Reference
In mere seconds, he reduced the forest to a mesa of wooden disks topped by a fretwork of fallen treetops. From Wordnik.com. [Massage] Reference
The brightness of the sky was shattered into glazed mosaic bits by the fretwork of branches and foliage. From Wordnik.com. [Son of a Witch]
The use of wide roof overhangs, verandahs and fretwork has its origins in traditional Creole architecture. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 7] Reference
The fretwork of mirrors which takes the place of frieze in the room is continued all around the four walls. From Wordnik.com. [The House in Good Taste] Reference
AN AMATEUR MECHANIC inquires which is the best wood for fretwork purposes; and where fret-saws may be obtained. From Wordnik.com. [Little Folks (Septemeber 1884) A Magazine for the Young] Reference
Under welkin he walked, till the wine-palace there, gold-hall of men, he gladly discerned, flashing with fretwork. From Wordnik.com. [Beowulf, translated by Francis Gummere] Reference
Indeed, most of the paintings here are underlaid with a fine fretwork of lines suggesting an architect's blueprint. From Wordnik.com. [A Whirl of Frenetic Markings and Vestigial Imagery] Reference
Through the black fretwork of the acacias showed the thin crescent of the new moon, clean and sharp as a knife-blade. From Wordnik.com. [Juggernaut] Reference
And in very truth they resembled bouquets of flowers or clusters of tapestry, with all their fretwork so transparent. From Wordnik.com. [Hung Lou Meng, Book I Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books] Reference
Here, too, are what might be taken for thick bushes or shrubs, branching out with sprays of fretwork, white and spotless. From Wordnik.com. [Lord Dolphin] Reference
The Salak's fretwork crater stood out entirely clear -- his form a purple background to the picture gradually unfolding itself. From Wordnik.com. [Across the Equator A Holiday Trip in Java] Reference
There were his pipes neatly arranged on a little fretwork rack which hung where bell handles are usually put beside the fireplace. From Wordnik.com. [The Heavenly Twins] Reference
The walls and the ceilings of the hall were adorned with arabesque and fretwork, sparkling with gold and with brilliant pencilling. From Wordnik.com. [The Alhambra] Reference
The doors are exquisitely decorated with it, the supporting beams, and the windows, which are adorned with fretwork instead of glass. From Wordnik.com. [Southern Arabia] Reference
It has a pattern of concentric circles and other symmetrical figures traced upon it, together with a fretwork of small triangular holes. From Wordnik.com. [The Manóbos of Mindanáo Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume XXIII, First Memoir] Reference
A further step was to relieve the upper fretwork of carving from the ground altogether in certain places by cutting away the sustaining portions. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary"] Reference
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