fret-work

The portico in front was fifty paces long and fourteen broad, and the fluted marble pillars with black plinths and fret-work cornices, (as it is now customary in Grecian architecture,) were considerably higher than the roof.

The Vampyre 2004

The arches here opened to a lofty vault, from the centre of which hung a tripod lamp, which a servant was hastily lighting; and the rich fret-work of the roof, a corridor, leading into several upper apartments, and a painted window, stretching nearly from the pavement to the ceiling of the hall, became gradually visible.

The Mysteries of Udolpho 2004

A Gothic gate, richly ornamented with fret-work, which opened into the main body of the edifice, but which was now obstructed with brush-wood, remained entire.

The Romance of the Forest 2004

On more than one night they talked under the stars, sitting on satin cushions, or leaning on the marble fret-work of the balustrade looking due east to where, so many miles away, flows the blue-green Nile, as it has flowed through the centuries, all unheeding of the passing of mighty kingdoms.

The Hawk of Egypt Joan Conquest

Susan cried, as matrons of honor always do, as she stood with them in the fret-work of shadows under the palms which stirred gently in the off-sea breeze.

Terry A Tale of the Hill People Charles Goff Thomson

From far ways forsooth had the fret-work been led:

The Tale of Beowulf Sometime King of the Folk of the Weder Geats Anonymous

A fret-work of cool drops stood all over the tin surface, even when he set the pail beside his heated stove.

Lippincott's Magazine, August, 1885 Various

The rime comes, or the snow, and the long lines of the buildings, the fret-work of stone, the battlements, carved pinnacles and images of saints or devils, stand up with clear glittering outlines, or clustered about and overhung with fantasies of ice and snow.

The Invader A Novel

On this a gunwale, rising a foot above the water, is fixed, and the stem and stern taper to a point, the latter being much higher than the other, and ornamented with fret-work and gilding.

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 274, September 22, 1827 Various

The red material stretched back of the metal fret-work, is said to be

The Art of Interior Decoration Grace Wood