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multifoil
[ muhl-tuh-foil ]
/ ˈmʌl təˌfɔɪl /
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noun
a foil, especially one having more than five lobes.
adjective
(of an arch, window opening, etc.) having the form of a foil with more than five lobes.
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How to use multifoil in a sentence
Near it is a double piscina, formed by a couple of shafts with capitals hollowed out with multifoil cusping.
Some Account of Gothic Architecture in Spain|George Edmund StreetMultifoil, mul′ti-foil, adj. having more than five foils or arcuate divisions.
Multifoil cusped arch, invented by the Moors at Cordova in the 10th century.
British Dictionary definitions for multifoil
multifoil
/ (ˈmʌltɪˌfɔɪl) /
noun
an ornamental design having a large number of foilsSee also trefoil (def. 4), quatrefoil (def. 2), cinquefoil (def. 2)
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