astragal (astragal)

[ string of beads, used in cla ical architecture, especially in connection with the egg-and-dart molding and between the faces of different projection of Ionic and Corinthian epistyle Astragal in Greek Architecture. and coffering beams. (b) A small plain convex molding, usually with a fillet beneath it, sometimes between two fillets, used between the capital and the shaft of cla ic orders, except the Greek Doric, and in many other positions in cla ic, medieval, and later styles. See cut under column. Also called bead.-2. A convex molding encircling a cannon near the mouth: not present on modern guns.-3. In carp., one of the rabbeted bars which hold the panes of a window.-4. In an at., the astragalus. a strag alar (as-trag'a-lär), a. [