Spirelet
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Spirelet is a noun meaning (architecture) A small or slender spire.
Meaning
(architecture) A small or slender spire.
Example Sentences
West Quantoxhead, 1½ miles to the south-west, has some handsome houses and an imposing mansion, St Audries - now a girls' school - built in the Tudor style in the 19th century, at the same time as the pinkish-buff stone Church of St Ethelreda - also called St Audrey - which has an elegant tapering spirelet.
Word Forms
- spirelets
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include spire, steeple, spur, spear, sprig, pinnacle.
Related Dictionary Tools
Sources & Attribution
FreeDictionaryAPI.com / Wiktionary · Original source · CC BY-SA 4.0
Dictionary data is provided by FreeDictionaryAPI.com and sourced from Wiktionary under its stated license.