| 单词 | cinquefoil-headed |
| 释义 | > as lemmascinquefoil-headed c. Architecture. An ornament used in the Pointed style, consisting of five divisions or ‘leaves’ formed by the spaces between a series of cusps, inscribed in a pointed arch or in a circular ring. Hence cinquefoil-headed adj. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > architectural ornament > [noun] > ornamentation by foils > specific number of foils sexfoil1688 quatrefoil1805 cinquefoil1816 septfoil1819 trefoil head1825 multifoil1835 polyfoil1842 septemfoil1842 trefoil1842 sixfoil1849 four-foil1860 octofoil1867 1816 Gentleman's Mag. 86 i. 222 The window..is divided by two mullions into three cinquefoil-headed lights. 1842 J. Gwilt Encycl. Archit. Gloss. 950 The cinquefoil, when inscribed in a circle, forms a rosette of five equal leaves having an open space in the middle, the leaves being formed by the open spaces. 1849 E. A. Freeman Hist. Archit. 418 With..the cinquefoil, and even the actual pointed horse-shoe arch. < as lemmas |
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