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Definition of Trefoils
1. trefoil [n] - See also: trefoil
Lexicographical Neighbors of Trefoils
Literary usage of Trefoils
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Diary of Henry Machyn, Citizen and Merchant-taylor of London, from A.D by Henry Machyn, John Gough Nichols (1848)
"Arms, Azure, a saltire engrailed between four trefoils slipped or, on a chief of
the second three dolphins embowed of the first. (List by Wm. Smith, ..."
2. The Antiquary by Edward Walford, John Charles Cox, George Latimer Apperson (1880)
"... is effected by a series of admirably proportioned triplets ; on the south with
the same mullion, the head is filled in with a combination of trefoils. ..."
3. The Official Baronage of England: Showing the Succession, Dignities, and by James William Edmund Doyle (1886)
"ARMS —Argent, on 2 bars sable, 3 trefoils slipped of the field, in chief a
greyhound courant of the second, collared or. CREST -Out of a wreath, on a mound, ..."
4. The British Herald; Or, Cabinet of Armorial Bearings of the Nobility ...by Thomas Robson by Thomas Robson (1830)
"BOTHWELL, [Lord Holy-Rood-House] az. on a chev. betw. three trefoils slipped or,
a crescent gu.—Crest, a naked boy pulling <!o\vn the top of a green pine ..."
5. The Visitation of London in the Year 1568: Taken by Robert Cooke, Clarenceux by Robert Cooke (1869)
"Or, on a fess gules between three trefoils slipped ermines, an eagle displayed
of the field within a bordure engrailed azure. CREST. ..."
6. London and Middlesex: Or, An Historical, Commercial, & Descriptive Survey of by Edward Wedlake Brayley, James Norris Brewer, Joseph Nightingale (1815)
"... ancient monument, adorned with qua- trefoils and tracery, on which has been
cut the following inscription : " H. S E. Elizabeths ..."
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