Vignette
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): ( n.) A running ornament consisting of leaves and tendrils, used in Gothic architecture.
(2): ( n.) A decorative design, originally representing vine branches or tendrils, at the head of a chapter, of a manuscript or printed book, or in a similar position; hence, by extension, any small picture in a book; hence, also, as such pictures are often without a definite bounding line, any picture, as an engraving, a photograph, or the like, which vanishes gradually at the edge.
(3): ( v. t.) To make, as an engraving or a photograph, with a border or edge insensibly fading away.
(4): ( n.) A picture, illustration, or depiction in words, esp. one of a small or dainty kind.
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [2]
(Fr.), in architecture, means a running ornament consisting of leaves and tendrils, such as is frequently carved in the hollow moldings in Gothic architecture, especially in the Decorated and Perpendicular styles; called also Trail.
