ALL meanings of spandrel
span·drel
S s - noun spandrel 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. 1
- noun 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. 1
- noun spandrel Philately. the decoration occupying the space at the corner of a stamp between the border and an oval or circular central design. 1
- noun spandrel an approximately triangular surface bounded by the outer curve of an arch and the adjacent wall 0
- noun spandrel the surface area between two adjacent arches and the horizontal cornice above them 0
- noun spandrel either of the triangular spaces between the exterior curve of an arch and a rectangular frame or mold enclosing it 0
- noun spandrel any of the spaces between a series of arches and a straight cornice running above them 0