spandrel
noun
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.
spandril
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a variation of
spandrel.
Example Sentences
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The suspension-bolts are enclosed within spandril pillars of cast iron, which give great stiffness to the superstructure.
From Lives of the Engineers The Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson by Samuel Smiles
Every spandril of the lower arcade was intended to have been occupied by an ornament resembling the one given in that plate.
From The Stones of Venice, Volume I (of 3) by John Ruskin
LXI.; the half of which, or the flank filling of any arch, is called a spandril.
From The Stones of Venice, Volume I (of 3) by John Ruskin
At the sides of the arch are Purbeck marble shafts with a central shaft of the same, which divides it into two subordinate arches, with an opening in the spandril between them.
From Bell's Cathedrals: The Abbey Church of Tewkesbury with some Account of the Priory Church of Deerhurst Gloucestershire by H. J. L. J. (Henri Jean Louis Joseph) Massé
One of the spandril decorations of Bayeux Cathedral is given in the “Seven Lamps,” Plate VII. fig.
From The Stones of Venice, Volume I (of 3) by John Ruskin
