FRETTE

(Etymology doubtful.) In Archi tecture, a species of ornament consisting of one or more small fillets meeting in vertical _—. __. _ — and horizontal directions. The (ffl fpj T Jl^yjSC section of the channels be- J ^^ L^-1 g^^EMa tween the fillets is rectangular. The subjoined diagram shows two sorts of simple frets; but they are often much more complicated. [s. 492]