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spandril
 spandrelspan·drel also span·dril S0601500 (spăn′drəl)n.1. The roughly triangular space between the left or right exterior curve of an arch and the rectangular framework surrounding it.2. The space between two arches and a horizontal molding or cornice above them.
[Middle English spaundrell, probably from spandre, space between supporting timbers, from Anglo-Norman spaundre, from spandre, to spread out, from Latin expandere; see expand.]Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  spandril - an approximately triangular surface area between two adjacent arches and the horizontal plane above themspandrelsurface - the outer boundary of an artifact or a material layer constituting or resembling such a boundary; "there is a special cleaner for these surfaces"; "the cloth had a pattern of red dots on a white surface"architecture - the discipline dealing with the principles of design and construction and ornamentation of fine buildings; "architecture and eloquence are mixed arts whose end is sometimes beauty and sometimes use" |
spandril
spandrel, spandril  spandrel, 1 1. An area, roughly triangular in shape, included between the extradoses of two adjoining arches and a line approximately connecting their crowns (or a space approximately equal to half this in the case of a single arch); in medieval architecture, often ornamented with tracery, etc. 2. In a multistory building, a wall panel filling the space between the top of the window in one story and the sill of the window in the story above. 3. A surface, roughly triangular in shape, as below a stair string.spandril
Related to spandril: spandrel, spandrel glassSynonyms for spandrilnoun an approximately triangular surface area between two adjacent arches and the horizontal plane above themSynonymsRelated Words |