1.
[syn: spandrel, spandril]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Spandrel \Span"drel\, n. [From Span.]
1. (Arch.) 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.
[1913 Webster]
2. A narrow mat or passe partout for a picture. [Cant]
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
spandrel
n 1: an approximately triangular surface area between two
adjacent arches and the horizontal plane above them [syn:
spandrel, spandril]