quatrefoliatedadj.
/katrəˈfəʊlɪeɪtᵻd/, U.S. /kædərˈfoʊliˌeɪdᵻd/, /kætrəˈfoʊliˌeɪdᵻd/ Now rare.
Having four leaves or lobes like a quatrefoil; (Architecture) decorated with a quatrefoil or quatrefoils. Cf. quatrefoiled adj.
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cinquefoil1752
trefoil1752
quatrefoil1776
trefoiled1815
cinquefoiled1823
quatrefoiled1834
foiled1835
foliating1835
quatrefoliated1835
trefoliated1835
foliated1838
septfoil1844
sexfoil1846
sexfoiled1846
multifoil1849
trifoliated1850
multifoiled1851
trefoil-headed1861
1835 R. Willis Remarks Archit. Middle Ages 195 Figs. 27 and 28. To shew the difference between a circular quatrefoil and a quatrefoliated circle.
1850 T. Inkersley Styles Archit. France 309 Sustaining two quatrefoliated circles.
1906 F. Bond Gothic Archit. in Eng. 508 Each pair of lower lights is included in a detached pointed arch, in the head of which is a circle containing four cusps and four foils or lobes; it is therefore a quatrefoliated circle.
1934 U.S. Patent 1,948,868 1 Four such grooves being shown, the plate being quatrefoliated.
1958 Jrnl. Paleontol. 32 936/1 Anal pyramid.—Very large, subcircular, quatrefoliated.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1835