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trefoil arch
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noun Architecture.
an arch with cusplike intrados.
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How to use trefoil arch in a sentence
A "trefoil arch" connects the 113six chief pillars, on each of which stands a statue of a Virtue.
Florence and Northern Tuscany with Genoa|Edward HuttonIsabel has a polygonal apse, with each side arcaded with a Moorish trefoil arch.
Some Account of Gothic Architecture in Spain|George Edmund StreetIts inner trefoil arch is of a form very uncommon in this country, but more usual on the Continent.
Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Rochester|G. H. PalmerThe arch over it is a moulded trefoil arch, surmounted by a plain canopy of very simple and formal design.
Bell's Cathedrals: The Abbey Church of Tewkesbury|H. J. L. J. Mass