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noun

Spandrel n.

(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.

A narrow mat or passe partout for a picture. (Cant)

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Spandrel" Quotes from Famous Books

... station buildings. The station is on the ground between the surface railway tracks. Access to the platforms is obtained by means of escalators. It has three lattice-girder two-hinge ribs 24-1/2 feet apart on centers, the center line of each rib being a parabola. Each half rib supports six spandrel posts carrying the roadway, the posts being seated directly over vertical web members of the rib. The chords of the ribs are 6 feet apart and of an H-section, having four 6 x 6-inch angles and six 15-inch flange and web plates for the center rib and lighter ...

— The New York Subway - Its Construction and Equipment • Anonymous

... R. Roth, are interesting artistically, not only for the eager sweep and sense of bigness not usual in the narrow scope of a spandrel, but especially for their warm decorative value to the wall surface and the aspiring way in which they follow the rising line of the archway over which they are placed. The spandrels are made in very vigorous ...

— The Sculpture and Mural Decorations of the Exposition • Stella G. S. Perry

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