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quat⋅re⋅foil

  [kat-er-foil, ka-truh-]
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–noun
1. a leaf composed of four leaflets.
2. Architecture. a panellike ornament composed of four lobes, divided by cusps, radiating from a common center.
Origin:
1375–1425; ME < MF quatre four + -foil (as in trefoil )

Related forms:
quat⋅re⋅foiled, adjective
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quat·re·foil   (kāt'ər-foil', kāt'rə-)   
n.  

  1. A representation of a flower with four petals or a leaf with four leaflets, especially in heraldry.

  2. Architecture Tracery or an ornament with four foils or lobes.


[Middle English quaterfoile : Old French quatre, four; see quatrain + Old French foil, leaf; see foil2.]
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