octofoiladj.n.
/ˈɒktəfɔɪl/, U.S. /ˈɑktəˌfɔɪl/ A. adj.
Eight-lobed, eight-leaved.
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trefoiledc1420
cinquefoil1752
cinquefoiled1823
octofoil1844
octofoiled1844
septfoil1844
sexfoil1846
quinquefoil1909
1844 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 7 9/1 In the upper part of the pointed gable appears a circular opening, for ventilation of roof, octofoil, moulded, and cusped.
1886 Athenæum 6 Mar. 331/1 An engraved figure of the Agnus Dei..within an octofoil depression.
1890 H. W. Macklin Monumental Brasses iv. 88 Floriated octofoil cross.
1958 Times 11 Dec. 12/4 An octofoil plain salver.
1989 Independent 13 July 6 Prices went through the roof. J. Bourdon-Smith..paid £57,200..for a George I plain octafoil salver.
B. n.
An ornamental figure consisting of eight leaves or lobes; a double quatrefoil. Also figurative.
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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
1867 C. Boutell Eng. Heraldry xii. 198 The Octofoil, or Double Quatrefoil.
1931 A. U. Dilley Oriental Rugs & Carpets iii. 86 The ornament of panels and octofoils in the border of the rug is antedated on the walls that remain of the Blue Mosque of Tabriz.
1977 Jrnl. Politics 39 45 Schubert's model of the judicial mind, which was later refined to form an octofoil of liberalism–conservatism.
1989 J. Campbell-Kease Compan. Local Hist. Res. (BNC) The subject is dealt with..in the more substantial books on heraldry as being one of great formality—a label for the eldest son, down to an octofoil for the ninth son.
Derivatives
ˈoctofoiled adj.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > pattern or design > [adjective] > foils
trefoiledc1420
cinquefoil1752
cinquefoiled1823
octofoil1844
octofoiled1844
septfoil1844
sexfoil1846
quinquefoil1909
1844 Ecclesiologist 3 70 A piscina with two orifices—one circular, one octofoiled.
1848 B. Webb Sketches Continental Ecclesiol. 45 The aisle windows are large octofoiled circles.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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