, Hanches, or Hanses, in architecture, are certain small intermediate parts of arches between the key or crown and the spring at the bottom, being perhaps about one-third of the arch, and situated nearer the bottom than the top or crown; and are otherwise called the spandrels.
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Entry taken from A Mathematical and Philosophical Dictionary, by Charles Hutton, 1796.
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