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On each side of the door is a window of two trefoiled lights with slender shafts, and above it a rose with Gothic tracery.

From The Shores of the Adriatic The Austrian Side, The Küstenlande, Istria, and Dalmatia by Jackson, F. Hamilton (Frederick Hamilton)

In the first three western bays in both aisles the large arcading, with its plain trefoiled arches, is clearly Early English.

From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Lichfield A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Espicopal See by Clifton, A. B.

These bear a pierced pattern and projecting triangles, serving as spandrils to the trefoiled arches, which are incised on the spaces between.

From The Shores of the Adriatic The Austrian Side, The Küstenlande, Istria, and Dalmatia by Jackson, F. Hamilton (Frederick Hamilton)

The north and south chancel walls have each one two-light trefoiled window, with quatrefoil above; plain glass, except the coloured band. 

From A History of Horncastle from the earliest period to the present time by Walter, James Conway

Only the innermost betrays its really late origin by the curious crossing and interpenetrating of the mouldings of its large trefoiled head.

From Portuguese Architecture by Watson, Walter Crum