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spandrel
 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.]spandrel (ˈspændrəl) or spandriln1. (Architecture) an approximately triangular surface bounded by the outer curve of an arch and the adjacent wall2. (Architecture) the surface area between two adjacent arches and the horizontal cornice above them[C15 spaundrell, from Anglo-French spaundre spandrel, from Old French spandre to spread, expand]span•drel or span•dril (ˈspæn drəl)
n. 1. an area between the extrados of two adjoining arches, or between the extrados of an arch and a framework enclosing it. 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. [1470–80; earlier spaundrell, probably < Anglo-French spaundre, itself perhaps akin to Old French espandre to expand] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  spandrel - an approximately triangular surface area between two adjacent arches and the horizontal plane above themspandrilsurface - 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" |
TranslationsSpandrel
spandrel[′span·drəl] (building construction) The part of a wall between the sill of a window and the head of the window below it. SpandrelThe triangular space that is formed between the sides of adjacent arches and the line across their tops; in a skeletal frame building, the walls inside the columns and between the top of the windows and the sill above.      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.spandrel
Related to spandrel: spandrel beam, spandrel glass, spandrel panelSynonyms for spandrelnoun an approximately triangular surface area between two adjacent arches and the horizontal plane above themSynonymsRelated Words |