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CURVILINEAR TRACERY: a form of window tracery, characteristic of the Decorated style, in which weaving lines of masonry form daggers and mouchettes above ogee arches.
Bar tracery types include: curvilinear tracery, with uninterrupted flowing curves, typical of the 14th century (also called flowing tracery); geometrical tracery, typical of c.1250-c.
In France, late Gothic architecture is known as flamboyant, from the flamelike forms of its intricate curvilinear tracery. The ebullient ornamentation of the flamboyant style was largely reserved for the exteriors of the churches.
 See also: Bar tracery, Tracery, Curvilinear, Gothic, Architecture
  
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