trefoiledadj.
/ˈtriːfɔɪld/, /ˈtrɛfɔɪld/, /trᵻˈfɔɪld/, U.S. /ˈtriˌfɔɪld/, /ˈtrɛˌfɔɪld/ 1. (Chiefly Architecture) Ornamented with a trefoil or trefoils; formed as a trefoil (sense 3).
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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
society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > architectural ornament > [adjective] > foiled
cinquefoil1752
trefoil1752
quatrefoil1776
trefoiled1815
cinquefoiled1823
quatrefoiled1834
foiled1835
foliating1835
quatrefoliated1835
trefoliated1835
foliated1838
septfoil1844
sexfoil1846
sexfoiled1846
multifoil1849
trifoliated1850
multifoiled1851
trefoil-headed1861
c1420 Anturs of Arth. 510 (Thornton) Trayfolede with trayfoles, and trewluffes by-twene.
1815 T. Rickman in J. Smith Panorama Sci. & Art I. 154 The [window] heads being arched, are trefoiled or cinquefoiled.
1849 J. Ruskin Seven Lamps Archit. iv. 117 The wall in the trefoiled lights is curved.
1849 J. H. Parker Introd. Study Gothic Archit. iii. 139 [Early English] Doorways are generally pointed or trefoiled.
2. Composed of, or having leaves composed of, three leaflets, trifoliate; transferred three-lobed.
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the world > plants > part of plant > leaf > plant defined by leaves > [adjective] > having many or particular number of leaves
cinquefoilc1420
quatrefoil?1440
five-leaved1658
two-leaved1688
septifolious1721
tetraphyllous1731
trefoil1752
biphyllous1756
triphyllous1760
polyphyllous1785
decaphyllous1793
four-leaved1793
bifoliate1836
trefoiled1854
decemfoliate1858
polyphylline1872
trefoliated1900
decemjugate-
1854 S. Thomson Wanderings among Wild Flowers (ed. 4) iii. 200 Trefoiled plants.
1892 M. Stokes Six Months in Apennines 19 Bursting from its trefoiled shell.
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