单词 | spandrel |
释义 | spandrel /span"dreuhl/, n. 1. Archit. an 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. 2. (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. 3. Philately. the decoration occupying the space at the corner of a stamp between the border and an oval or circular central design. Also, spandril. [1470-80; earlier spaundrell, prob. < AF spaundre, itself perh. c. OF espandre to EXPAND] |
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