■ noun (especially in architecture) an ornamental design having six leaves or petals radiating from a common centre.
Origin
C17: from sexi- , on the pattern of words such as trefoil .
■ noun (especially in architecture) an ornamental design having six leaves or petals radiating from a common centre.
Origin
C17: from sexi- , on the pattern of words such as trefoil .
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004