See Also: Astragal(medicine)
astragal(dictionary)

astragal (iou)



astragal noun. M17.
[from ASTRAGALUS, partly through French astragale.]
Architecture. A small moulding of semicircular section, esp. placed round the top or bottom of a column. Freq. attrib. M17.
A ring or moulding round the barrel of a cannon. M17.
= ASTRAGALUS 1; in pl. also, dice (for which such bones were formerly used). E18.
A thin bar separating panes of glass in a window. E19.