astragalus
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Ornamental fillets, astragals, and moldings, borrowed from architecture, increased the illusion of a sectional piece.
From Artillery Through the Ages A Short Illustrated History of Cannon, Emphasizing Types Used in America by Manucy, Albert
A flue conducts heat through the compartments of the obelisks; and, if you look up, you may observe that those gilt roses, between the astragals in the cornice, are prominent from it half a span.
From Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection by Landor, Walter Savage
The astragals must be one eighth of the trochilus.
From The Ten Books on Architecture by Vitruvius Pollio
Let three of these compose the first fascia with its astragal, four the second, and five the third, the fasciae with their astragals running side by side all round.
From The Ten Books on Architecture by Vitruvius Pollio
The cornice and astragals form a frieze, in which military emblems and symbols of sacrifice are intermingled.
From The Idler in France by Blessington, Marguerite, Countess of
