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FRET

Volume 10 · 63 words · 1842 Edition

or Frette, in Architecture, a kind of knot or ornament, consisting of two lists or small fillets variously interlaced or interwoven, and running at parallel distances equal to their breadth.

FRET-Work, that which is adorned with frets. It is sometimes used to fill up and enrich flat empty spaces, but it is mostly practised in roofs which are fretted over with plaster work.