Quadrangle

//ˈkwɒdˌɹæŋ.ɡəl// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A geometric shape with four angles and four straight sides; a four-sided polygon.
  2. 2
    a rectangular area surrounded on all sides by buildings wordnet
  3. 3
    A courtyard which is quadrangular.

    "I looked up from my desk and saw that suddenly there were big flakes twirling down into the quadrangle, settling on the carefully pruned shrubbery bordering the crosswalks, the three elms still holding many of their leaves, the still-green lawns."

  4. 4
    a four-sided polygon wordnet
  5. 5
    The buildings forming the border of such a courtyard.

    "The quadrangle surrounding the Far Common was never considered absolutely essential to the Devon School."

Etymology

From Old French quadrangle, from Late Latin quadrangulum.

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