branchwork
Interlacing wooden arms
Branchwork is decorative design featuring branches or branch-like patterns, especially in architecture and ornamental arts.
Gothic tracery often incorporates branchwork, as do wrought-iron gates and carved furniture.
The term also describes the actual arrangement of branches in a tree or shrub: The dense branchwork blocked most of the sunlight.
Decorative branching stonework
- fretworkInterlocking ornamental design
- filigreeDelicate twisted-wire ornamentation
- scrollworkSpiral ornamental design
- trellisGarden climbing structure
latticework · interlacing · arabesque · grillwork · openwork · carving · gilding · ironwork
tracery
Decorative branching stonework
- fretworkInterlocking ornamental design
- filigreeDelicate twisted-wire ornamentation
- scrollworkSpiral ornamental design
trellis · latticework · interlacing · arabesque · grillwork · openwork · carving · gilding · ironwork · lacework
ramification
Secondary consequence of action
canopy · crown · dendrite · bifurcation · forking · spray · network · thicket · undergrowth · rootwork
framework
Underlying support system
- trussLoad-bearing beam arrangement
- scaffoldingTemporary exterior work platform
- latticeOpenwork of crossed strips
ribbing · vaulting · arch · buttress · beam · rafter · joist · cantilever · spandrel · timber
work, branch, labor, branched, branches, branching, branchless, branchial, branchlike