quatrefoil — ► NOUN ▪ an ornamental design of four lobes or leaves, resembling a flower or clover leaf. ORIGIN from Old French quatre four + foil leaf … English terms dictionary
quatrefoil — [kat′ər foil΄, ka′trəfoil΄] n. [ME quaterfoyle < MFr quatrefeuille < quatre (< L quattuor,FOUR) + feuille (< L folium, leaf: see FOIL2)] 1. a flower with four petals or a leaf with four leaflets 2. Archit. a circular design made up of … English World dictionary
Quatrefoil — The word quatrefoil etymologically means four leaves , and applies to general four lobed shapes in various contexts.In heraldryIn heraldic terminology, a quatrefoil is a representation of a flower with four petals, or a leaf with four leaflets… … Wikipedia
Quatrefoil — Quatrefeuille Qua tre*feuille, Quatrefoil Qua tre*foil, n. [F. quatre feuilles.] Same as {Quarterfoil}. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
quatrefoil — 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 … New Collegiate Dictionary
quatrefoil — quatrefoiled, adj. /kat euhr foyl , ka treuh /, n. 1. a leaf composed of four leaflets. 2. Archit. a panellike ornament composed of four lobes, divided by cusps, radiating from a common center. [1375 1425; ME < MF quatre four + foil (as in… … Universalium
quatrefoil — noun a) a symmetrical shape which forms the overall outline of four partially overlapping circles of the same diameter. b) A stylized flower or leaf with four lobes … Wiktionary
Quatrefoil — Her. A *charge in the form of four leaves attached to a central point, somewhat like a four leafed clover … Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases
quatrefoil — In architecture, a four pointed tracery … Bryson’s dictionary for writers and editors
quatrefoil — quat·re·foil || kætrÉ™fɔɪl n. leaf with four leaflets; leaf like ornament with four lobes (Architecture) … English contemporary dictionary
