quatrefoil
a leaf composed of four leaflets.
Architecture. a panellike ornament composed of four lobes, divided by cusps, radiating from a common center.
Origin of quatrefoil
1Other words from quatrefoil
- quat·re·foiled, adjective
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How to use quatrefoil in a sentence
On the ground-floor, which was lighted by a row of quatrefoil windows in pointed arches, there were forty-eight rectangular doors.
Ypres and the Battles of Ypres | UnknownOn the south, however, the quatrefoil decoration is slightly different.
Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Carlisle | C. King EleyThe mullions, or radii, are all faced with small pillars and capitals, and lined with the dog-toothed quatrefoil.
The New Guide to Peterborough Cathedral | George S. PhillipsAbove this is an open gallery with very beautiful twisted pillars and quatrefoil piercing in the three arches.
Cathedral Cities of Italy | William Wiehe CollinsThe windows in the chapels of the chevet are of two lights, with a small quatrefoil pierced in the tympanum above the lights.
Some Account of Gothic Architecture in Spain | George Edmund Street
British Dictionary definitions for quatrefoil
/ (ˈkætrəˌfɔɪl) /
a leaf composed of four leaflets
architect a carved ornament having four foils arranged about a common centre, esp one used in tracery
Origin of quatrefoil
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