• (n.) An ornamental foliation having four lobes, or foils.
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Quar'ter·foil` noun [
Quarier +
foil : confer French
quatre .]
(Architecture) An ornamental foliation having four lobes, or foils.
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In architecture a quarterfoil is an ornamental foliation having four lobes, or foils. The term quatrefoil is applied to a square panel, or a piercing in the tracery of a window, etc, divided by cusps or featherings into four leaves. .Bands of small quatrefoils are much used as ornaments in the Perpendicular style, and sometimes in the Decorated sty...
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