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noun
1.
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.
2.
(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.
3.
Philately. the decoration occupying the space at the corner of a stamp between the border and an oval or circular central design.
Also, span·dril.
Origin:
1470–80; earlier spaundrell, probably < Anglo-French spaundre, itself perhaps cognate with Old French espandre to expand
1470–80; earlier spaundrell, probably < Anglo-French spaundre, itself perhaps cognate with Old French espandre to expand
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Spandrel
is always a great word to know.
So is entourage. Does it mean:
| the landscaping and other nearby environmental features shown on a rendering of a building |
| a slablike member beneath the base of a column or pier or a square base of a pedestal |
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Word Origin & History
spandrel
1477, "triangular space between the outer curves of an arch," apparently a diminutive of Anglo-Fr. spaundre (1395), perhaps aphetic of espandre "to expand, extend," from L. expandre (see expand).
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