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Spandrel

noun
1.
An approximately triangular surface area between two adjacent arches and the horizontal plane above them.  Synonym: spandril.





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"Spandrel" Quotes from Famous Books



... mainly of three steel arches, by far the longest that had ever been constructed; the first to dispense with spandrel bracing; and the first to be built of cast-steel. The "Encyclopaedia Britannica" called them "the finest example of a metal arch yet erected." They were built out from the piers from both ends to meet in the middle; and were ...
— James B. Eads • Louis How
... jointing up of a shaped spandrel to the required width. In a case of this description suitably grained and coloured wood should be selected, otherwise the bad match will at once draw attention ...
— Woodwork Joints - How they are Set Out, How Made and Where Used. • William Fairham


Words linked to "Spandrel" :   surface, architecture, spandril


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