multifoil

[muhl-tuh-foil]Architecture

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.

Origin of multifoil

First recorded in 1825–35; multi- + foil²

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Historical Examples of multifoil

Multifoil cusped arch, invented by the Moors at Cordova in the 10th century.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4
Various
Multifoil, mul′ti-foil, adj. having more than five foils or arcuate divisions.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M)
Various
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 Street

British Dictionary definitions for multifoil

multifoil

noun

an ornamental design having a large number of foilsSee also trefoil (def. 4), quatrefoil (def. 2), cinquefoil (def. 2)

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