quat|re|foil

quat|re|foil
quat|re|foil «KAT uhr FOYL, -ruh-», noun.
1. a leaf or flower of four leaflets or petals. The four-leaf clover is a quatrefoil.
2. Architecture. an ornament having four lobes.
[< Old French quatre four (see etym. under quatre (Cf.quatre)) + feuil leaf < Latin folium]

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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