QUATREFOIL


Meaning of QUATREFOIL in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈka-tər-ˌfȯi(-ə)l, ˈka-trə- ]

noun

Etymology: Middle English quaterfoil set of four leaves, from Anglo-French quatre + Middle English -foil (as in trefoil )

Date: 15th century

1. : a conventionalized representation of a flower with four petals or of a leaf with four leaflets

2. : a 4-lobed foliation in architecture

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quatrefoil 2

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