quadrangle

Definition

A geometric shape with four angles and four straight sides; a four-sided polygon.

Etymology

From Old French quadrangle, from Late Latin quadrangulum.

Example Sentences

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