quatrefoil
noun
a leaf composed of four leaflets.
quatrefoiled
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a word derived from
quatrefoil.
Example Sentences
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A small quatrefoiled hagioscope may be noticed in the library above the cloister; it, no doubt, commanded a view of the high altar of the chapel.
From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Wells A Description of Its Fabric and a Brief History of the Episcopal See by Percy Dearmer
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 William Henry Hamilton Rogers
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 James Conway Walter
This is apparent from the pointed windows of the top story and the quatrefoiled circular windows of the story beneath.
From Scottish Cathedrals and Abbeys by Dugald Butler
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.
