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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024span•drel (span′drəl),USA pronunciation n. - Architecturean area between the extradoses of two adjoining arches, or between the extrados of an arch and a perpendicular through the extrados at the springing line.
- Architecture, Building(in a steel-framed building) a panellike area between the head of a window on one level and the sill of a window immediately above.
- Stamps[Philately.]the decoration occupying the space at the corner of a stamp between the border and an oval or circular central design.
Also, span′dril. - Anglo-French spaundre, itself perh. cognate with Old French espandre to expand
- earlier spaundrell, probably 1470–80
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: spandrel, spandril /ˈspændrəl/ n - an approximately triangular surface bounded by the outer curve of an arch and the adjacent wall
- the surface area between two adjacent arches and the horizontal cornice above them
Etymology: 15th Century spaundrell, from Anglo-French spaundre spandrel, from Old French spandre to spread, expand |