Go round people to find ornamental work (7)
I believe the answer is:
tracery
'ornamental work' is the definition.
'go round people' is the wordplay.
'go' becomes 'try' (I've seen this before).
'round' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'people' becomes 'race'.
'try' placed around 'race' is 'TRACERY'.
'to find' is the link.
(Other definitions for tracery that I've seen before include "Honks; Florence Dombey admirer (Dickens)" , "Delicate ornamental stonework" , "Fine, decorative pattern" , "Fine open stonework" , "Thin ribs of e.g. Gothic window" .)