octofoil

[ok-tuh-foil]

noun

Heraldry.

1. double quatrefoil.

Word History and Origins

Origin of octofoil¹

First recorded in 1885–90; octo- + foil ²

Example Sentences

Two of them have elaborate knops with crocketed niches with figures, and one has the symbols of the Evangelists in high relief on the foot, with leaf-scrolls and big stars, the plan being octofoil.

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The windows in the gable consist of two lesser windows, two-light, with quatrefoil heads, beneath a large octofoil, the whole grouped with blank panels at the side, beneath a cinquefoil moulding.

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Above, far back in the clerestory arches, are octofoil windows with sills of over-lapping courses, which incline forward to the string course above the triforium.

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