sexfoil
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of sexfoil
1680–90; sex- + -foil, as in trefoil
Example Sentences
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The pulpit is sexfoil in plan; one side is open, and one has a large cross carved upon it.
From The Shores of the Adriatic The Austrian Side, The Küstenlande, Istria, and Dalmatia by Jackson, F. Hamilton (Frederick Hamilton)
By degrees the bowl became broader and shallower, and instead of the base having six points, its form is a sexfoil without any points.
From English Villages by Ditchfield, P. H. (Peter Hampson)
The finest has a sexfoil foot, and there are angular projections in both between the foils, and a pierced perpendicular band below.
From The Shores of the Adriatic The Austrian Side, The Küstenlande, Istria, and Dalmatia by Jackson, F. Hamilton (Frederick Hamilton)
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