Fretwork

fretwork
    n 1: framework consisting of an ornamental design made of strips
         of wood or metal [syn: {lattice}, {latticework},
         {fretwork}]
    

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.
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         Banqueting on the turf in the fretwork of shade and
         sunshine.                                --Macaulay.
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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