Quatrefoil Definition

kătər-foil, kătrə-
noun
A flower with four petals or a leaf with four leaflets.
Webster's New World
Tracery or an ornament with four foils or lobes.
American Heritage
A circular design made up of four converging arcs.
Webster's New World
(architecture) A symmetrical shape which forms the overall outline of four partially-overlapping circles of the same diameter.
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Other Word Forms of Quatrefoil

Noun

Singular:
quatrefoil
Plural:
quatrefoils

Origin of Quatrefoil

  • Middle English quaterfoile Old French quatre four quatrain Old French foil leaf foil2

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Quatrefoil Sentence Examples

  • The aureola, when enveloping the whole body, is generally oval or elliptical in form, but is occasionally circular or quatrefoil.

  • Above the door is a double lancet window with quatrefoil tracery.

  • A quatrefoil chapel on the east side of the basilica is a Byzantine addition.

  • The gallery now has trefoiled sub-arches and a quatrefoil pierced through the tympanum.

  • A quatrefoil light is set high up in gable.

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Words Starting With

QQUQUA

Words Ending With

LILOIL

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