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See also:ASTRAGAL (from the Gr. ao-rpbyaXos, the See also:ankle-See also:joint) , an architectural See also:term for a See also:convex moulding . This term is generally applied to small See also:mouldings, " See also:torus " (q.v.) to large ones of the same See also:form . The Lesbian See also:astragal referred to by See also:Vitruvius, bk. iv. ch. vi., was in all See also:probability an astragal carved with a See also:bead and See also:reel enrichment . |
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