SPANDRIL
- a space between two adjoining arches, also SPANDREL [n -S]
- 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
- (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
- the decoration occupying the space at the corner of a stamp between the border and an oval or circular central design
- spandrel (a space between two adjoining arches) [n SPANDRILS]