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2. Noun. (heraldiccharge) A stylized flower or leaf with four lobes. ¹

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Definition of Quatrefoil

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Quatrefoil

Literary usage of Quatrefoil

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Silver Coins of England Arranged and Described with Remarks on British by Edward Hawkins (1841)
"Sun, quatrefoil at sides of neck. p. 115. Crown, quatrefoil at sides of neck. p. ... B at left of crown, quatrefoil in centre of rev. p. 116. ..."

2. English Heraldry by Charles Boutell (1867)
"quatrefoil or Primrose. A flower or figure having four foils or conjoined ... In modern cadency a Double quatrefoil is the difference of the ninth son. ..."

3. History of Architecture: From the Earliest Times; Its Present Condition in by Louisa Caroline Tuthill (1848)
"quatrefoil. Supposed to be derived from quatre- feuille, four leaves; ... Rampart. A bank of earth, to protect from the cannonading of an enemy. quatrefoil. ..."

4. An English Miscellany: Presented to Dr. Furnivall in Honour of His Seventy by William Paton Ker, Frederick James Furnivall, Arthur Sampson Napier, Walter William Skeat (1901)
"THE quatrefoil OF LOVE : AN ALLITERATIVE RELIGIOUS LYRIC. Now FIRST EDITED FROM ADD. MS. ... quatrefoil ..."

5. The Life of Josiah Wedgwood: From His Private Correspondence and Family by Eliza Meteyard (1866)
"... BAS-RELIEF THE DANCING HOURS—VASE, quatrefoil ORNAMENTS AND GILT—VASE-LIEE CUP, WHITE ON SEA-GREEN — HAND-LAMP— PERSONAL ORNAMENTS THE ORIGINALITY OF ..."

6. Teachers' Manual for the Prang Course in Drawing for Graded Schools, Books 1-6 by John Spencer Clark, Hicks Mary D., Walter Scott Perry (1897)
"quatrefoil. This figure, called a quatrefoil (from two words meaning "four" ... At the present time the quatrefoil is often used, simply on account of its ..."

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