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Definition of Quatrefoils
1. quatrefoil [n] - See also: quatrefoil
Lexicographical Neighbors of Quatrefoils
Literary usage of Quatrefoils
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. John L. Stoddard's Lectures: Supplementary Volume[s]. by John Lawson Stoddard (1903)
"... if not in its entire form, still in the Gothic arches of its tower and porticos,
the perforated quatrefoils above its marble columns, and the triangular ..."
2. Rudimentary Dictionary of Terms Used in Architecture, Civil, Architecture by John Weale (1850)
"... in all positions indifferently, and the frame- less trefoils and quatrefoils
are frequently formed on the basis of these figures instead of the circle. ..."
3. A Topographical History of Surrey by Edward Wedlake Brayley (1850)
"with sculptured flowers, quatrefoils, &c. in the cornice and fascia; but the
lower part is divided into low-pointed arched recesses. On the north side, ..."
4. Lectures, Illustrated and Embellished with Views of the World's Famous by John Lawson Stoddard (1897)
"... long arcades of marble columns, the lower ones adorned with sculptures in
relief, the upper ones ending in graceful circles pierced with quatrefoils. ..."
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