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fret, frette, fretwork.
1. Meander, or band-like ornament of shallow short fillets touching each other at right angles, called variously angular guilloche, Greek key, or lattice, depending on the type. If some fillets are set diagonally it is called Chinese fret, found in Chinoiserie and Regency work.

2. Trelliswork.

3. Any interlacing raised work.

4. Complex patterns of ribs on a Gothic vault.

5. Net-like forms, as in tracery.

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