Definition of spandrel in English:
spandrel
noun ˈspandrɪlˈspændrəl
1The almost triangular space between one side of the outer curve of an arch, a wall, and the ceiling or framework.
〔建筑〕拱肩- The building service core is a solid, while transparency is achieved through variations in a curtain wall composed of vision, spandrel, and fritted glass.
- The new tower appears in Bayard's photograph of 1851, yet Ruskin's spandrel is just visible - still unscathed.
- On the rear wall is a kind of private chapel, a wall niche framed by pilasters and faced with spandrels with inlaid vegetal ornament, which shelters an altar.
- About 1,100 glass panels, including windows and spandrels, were blown out.
- Relief panels containing scenes from the Childhood of Christ filled the triangular spandrels between the gables dominating the screen's facade.
- 1.1 The space between the shoulders of adjoining arches and the ceiling or moulding above.拱门下的三角形空间，上下层窗间墙
Origin
Late Middle English: perhaps from Anglo-Norman French spaund(e)re, or from espaundre 'expand'.
Definition of spandrel in US English:
spandrel
nounˈspændrəlˈspandrəl
Architecture 1The almost triangular space between one side of the outer curve of an arch, a wall, and the ceiling or framework.
〔建筑〕拱肩- The new tower appears in Bayard's photograph of 1851, yet Ruskin's spandrel is just visible - still unscathed.
- Relief panels containing scenes from the Childhood of Christ filled the triangular spandrels between the gables dominating the screen's facade.
- On the rear wall is a kind of private chapel, a wall niche framed by pilasters and faced with spandrels with inlaid vegetal ornament, which shelters an altar.
- The building service core is a solid, while transparency is achieved through variations in a curtain wall composed of vision, spandrel, and fritted glass.
- About 1,100 glass panels, including windows and spandrels, were blown out.
- 1.1 The space between the shoulders of adjoining arches and the ceiling or molding above.拱门下的三角形空间，上下层窗间墙
Origin
Late Middle English: perhaps from Anglo-Norman French spaund(e)re, or from espaundre ‘expand’.