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[syn: lattice, latticework, fretwork]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Fretwork \Fret"work\, n. [6th fret + work.]
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.
[1913 Webster]
Banqueting on the turf in the fretwork of shade and
sunshine. --Macaulay.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
fretwork
n 1: framework consisting of an ornamental design made of strips
of wood or metal [syn: lattice, latticework,
fretwork]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
56 Moby Thesaurus words for "fretwork":
arabesque, basketry, basketwork, cancellation, cross-hatching,
crossing-out, filigree, fret, grate, grating, grid, gridiron,
grille, grillwork, hachure, hatching, interlacement, intertexture,
intertwinement, lace, lacery, lacework, lacing, lattice,
latticework, mesh, meshes, meshwork, net, netting, network,
plexure, plexus, raddle, reticle, reticulation, reticule,
reticulum, riddle, screen, screening, sieve, texture, tissue,
tracery, trellis, trelliswork, wattle, weave, weaving, web,
webbing, webwork, weft, wicker, wickerwork