/kar"euh foor', kar'euh foor"/ , n.
1. a crossroads; road junction.
2. a public square, plaza; marketplace.
[ 1475-85; quarefour, MF quarrefour quadrifurcum, neut. of quadrifurcus with four forks, equiv. to quadri- QUADRI- + -furcus -forked, adj. deriv. of furcus, furca FORK ]