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Spandrel   Listen
noun
Spandrel  n.  
1.
(Arch.) The irregular triangular space between the curve of an arch and the inclosing right angle; or the space between the outer moldings of two contiguous arches and a horizontal line above them, or another arch above and inclosing them.
2.
A narrow mat or passe partout for a picture. (Cant)





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"Spandrel" Quotes from Famous Books



... division is of plain round-headed trefoils very wide, and the spandrel of each arch is pierced with a small round trefoil, very sharply cut, looking, in fact, as if it were cut with a punch: this cornice, simple though it is, I think, very beautiful, and in my photograph the broad trefoils of it throw ...
— The World of Romance - being Contributions to The Oxford and Cambridge Magazine, 1856 • William Morris


Words linked to "Spandrel" :   spandril


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