QUATREFOIL


Meaning of QUATREFOIL in English

ˈkad.ə(r)ˌfȯil, ˈka.trəˌf- noun

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

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

an allover pattern of tiny emerald green quatrefoils — Parke-Bernet Galleries Catalog

specifically : a heraldic representation of a flower with four petals

2. : a figure enclosed by four joined foils ; specifically : a 4-lobed foliation in Gothic tracery

• qua·tre·foiled -ld adjective

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