The space (often triangular) between the outer curve of an arch (the extrados) and a straight-sided figure that bounds it; the space between two contiguous arches and a straight feature above them
An oriental rug having a pattern of arches; the design in the corners of such a rug, especially in a prayer rug
(1) The triangular space between two arches in an arcade (2) The curved surface between two ribs meeting at an angle in a vault
A unit spanning an opening with bearing beyond the opening It is not normally load bearing, but self supporting
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
In skeleton-frame buildings, the panel of wall between adjacent structural columns and between windowsills and the window head next below it
Roughly triangular area on either side of an arch, bounded by a line running horizontally through its apex, a line rising vertically from the springing of the arch, and the exterior curve of the arch. When arches adjoin, the entire area between their crowns and springing line is a spandrel. If filled in, as is ordinarily the case, the result is a spandrel wall; in medieval architecture this was usually ornamented. In buildings of more than one story, the spandrel is the area between the sill of a window and the head of the window below it. In steel or reinforced-concrete structures, a deep spandrel beam may span across this area. The triangular area of space beneath a stair is also known as a spandrel
{i} space located between two side-by-side arches; space between the edge of a postage stamp and the circular/elliptical design printed on the stamp
The space between the curves of two adjoining arches Also the triangular space between the curve of an arch and the rectangle formed by a molding Also the portion of an office building found between the head of one floor's windows and the sill of the next
The portion of wall between the top of one window and the window SILL above it; or the roughly triangular surface between two adjacent arches
The triangular area formed between an arch and the rectangle of mouldings in which it is placed
A design motif located in the rug's corner inside the border Normally in a central medallion design, each of the four spandrels would depict a quarter of the medallion
A triangular space above a window in a barrel vault ceiling, or the space between two arches in an arcade
Designs spanning the corners of a rug and the areas in either corner above a mihrab
an approximately triangular surface area between two adjacent arches and the horizontal plane above them
1 A panel between the top of one window and the sill of another window on the story directly above it 2 An irregular, triangular wall segment adjacent to an arched opening