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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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... worked on the exteriors of buildings were the curious astragal or bead at all the angles, and the cornice, which consisted of a very large cavetto, or hollow moulding, surmounted by a fillet. These features are almost invariable from the earliest to the latest period of the style. This cavetto was ...
— Architecture - Classic and Early Christian • Thomas Roger Smith


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