/as"treuh geuhl/ , n. Archit., Furniture.
1. a small convex molding cut into the form of a string of beads. Cf. bead and reel .
2. a plain convex molding; bead.
3. a molding attached to one or both meeting stiles of a pair of double doors in order to prevent drafts.
[ 1555-65; astragalus astrágalos a vertebra, the huckle-bone, a molding, a kind of vetch; in pl., dice (i.e., huckle-bones) ]