spandrel

/span-druhl/US // ˈspæn drəl //UK // (ˈspændrəl) //

脊柱,垫片,脊梁骨,脊梁

Definitions

n.名词 noun

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- : Architecture. 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.
- : a panellike area between the head of a window on one level and the sill of a window immediately above.
- : Philately. the decoration occupying the space at the corner of a stamp between the border and an oval or circular central design.

Fig. 107 is a shaped spandrel, such as is fixed in the recess of a sideboard or cupboard or shop window fitment.
In each spandrel of the main arcade is cut an elaborate rosette before which stands the shaft that mounts to the vault-springing.
Each spandrel is pierced by trefoils and quatrefoils, and at the apse the triforium spandrels are entirely covered with foliage.
Two out of the eight large spandrel pictures round the dome are already executed.
The roof, which is of chestnut, is of hammer-beam construction, with moulded spandrel brackets and circular shafts.