Quadrangle

Definition of quadrangle:

part of speech: noun

A square surrounded by buildings: ( geom.) a plane figure having four equal sides and angles.

part of speech: noun

Quadrangular.

part of speech: noun

A foursided court or lawn, surrounded by buildings, especially on a college campus; a plane figure with four angles and four sides.

part of speech: noun

Plane figure of four equal sides and angles.

Usage examples for quadrangle:

• Come out into the quadrangle Polly; all the people we know or case about are gone; and we'll go out and walk in the moonlight as true lovers ought." "John Marchmont's Legacy, Volume I (of 3)", Mary E. Braddon.

• Around the great quadrangle over which it rises are seen the lines for cloisters which were never built. "Oxford and Her Colleges", Goldwin Smith.

• We look upon the warehouses of its quadrangle with their slanting walls and dipping moss- covered roofs and try to conjure up the time long past when all was smart and imposing. "The New North", Agnes Deans Cameron.