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Astragal   Listen
noun
Astragal  n.  
1.
(Arch.) A convex molding of rounded surface, generally from half to three quarters of a circle.
2.
(Gun.) A round molding encircling a cannon near the mouth.





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"Astragal" Quotes from Famous Books



... sawn in two has furnished decorated jambs to the door of the upper church. On a lintel of the early church of S. Lorenzo is a Christ in a mandorla, supported by angels with a sacred tree on each side and a griffin beyond; a rough astragal moulding surrounds the subject. The jambs have a rough arabesque scroll, terminating in a two-headed bird. These carvings are ...
— The Shores of the Adriatic - The Austrian Side, The Kuestenlande, Istria, and Dalmatia • F. Hamilton Jackson


Words linked to "Astragal" :   talus, mortise joint, ankle joint, astragalus, anklebone, articulatio talocruralis, bead, os, bone, astragalar, bead and quirk


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