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1. (n.) spandrel
an area between the extrados of two adjoining arches, or between the extrados of an arch and a framework enclosing it.
2. spandrel
(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.
Etymology: (1470–80; earlier spaundrell, prob. < AF spaundre, itself perh. akin to OF espandre to expand)
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1. (noun) spandrel, spandril
an approximately triangular surface area between two adjacent arches and the horizontal plane above them
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1. (noun) spandrel
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. (noun) spandrel
a narrow mat or passe partout for a picture
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