quadrangle

plural quadrangles

1. geometrySynonym of quadrilateral (“a polygon with four sides”).

   Synonyms: quadrilateral

2. A courtyard which is quadrangular.

   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.

   1959, John Knowles, chapter 7, in A Separate Peace

   Synonyms: quad

3. The buildings forming the border of such a courtyard.

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

   1959, John Knowles, chapter 13, in A Separate Peace