Quatrefoil

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A representation of a flower with four petals or a leaf with four leaflets, especially in heraldry.
  • n. Architecture Tracery or an ornament with four foils or lobes.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. a symmetrical shape which forms the overall outline of four partially-overlapping circles of the same diameter.
  • n. A stylized flower or leaf with four lobes.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A leaf with four leaflets, as sometimes that of clover.
  • n. In architecture, an opening or a panel divided by cusps or foliations into four foils, or, more correctly, the figure formed by the cusps.
  • n. In heraldry, a four-leaved grass, or leaf divided into four leaflets, used as a bearing.
  • Word Usage
    "Above the quatrefoil is another representing the Redeemer seated on a cushioned throne with the Virgin, and below another representing St. Michael overcoming Satan."
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