quatrefoiled
- a word derived from quatrefoil.
Example Sentences
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The fine old shafts, separating the trefoiled or quatrefoiled arcade, are hidden by crocketed pinnacles and a traceried balcony.
From Cathedrals of Spain by John A.
At the four angles are quatrefoiled niches, having at their bases, alternately, a crowned head and a mitre.
From A History of Horncastle from the earliest period to the present time by Walter, James Conway
The corner buttresses have pinnacles at their stages, and the space below the north window is filled with quatrefoiled panels, and lozenges, traceried, with plain shields in their centres.
From The Strife of the Roses and Days of the Tudors in the West by Rogers, William Henry Hamilton
The space above the aisle windows is ornamented with quatrefoiled squares, and the clerestory is pierced by windows of three lights.
From The Cathedral Church of Canterbury [2nd ed.] A Description of Its Fabric and a Brief History of the Archiepiscopal See by Withers, Hartley
Above the portal the stonework is broken and crowned by an exquisite, early rose window and the later, disproportionately high parapet of angels and free-standing quatrefoiled arches and ramps.
From Cathedrals of Spain by John A.
