BEAD AND REEL Definition & Meaning

bead and reel

noun

Architecture.

a convex molding having the form of elongated beads alternating with disks placed edge-on, or with spherical beads, or with both.

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of bead and reel¹

First recorded in 1950–55

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Example Sentences

On the upper margin of the marble still remains the bead and reel moulding which once ornamented all the metopes, but of which there are few traces elsewhere.

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From this the transition to the square abacus is effected by an egg and tongue and a bead and reel moulding.

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On the east side of the pilaster one of the beads of the lower bead and reel moulding was attached by a plug, of which the hole remains.

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On the next slab on the left one bead of the upper bead and reel moulding was similarly added.

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There are traces of the bead and reel moulding on the margin of this metope.

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