quatrefoil

qua·tre·foil

noun \ˈka-tər-ˌfȯi(-ə)l, ˈka-trə-\

Definition of QUATREFOIL

1

: a conventionalized representation of a flower with four petals or of a leaf with four leaflets

2

: a 4-lobed foliation in architecture

Illustration of QUATREFOIL

Origin of QUATREFOIL

Middle English quaterfoil set of four leaves, from Anglo-French quatre + Middle English -foil (as in trefoil)

First Known Use: 15th century

Rhymes with QUATREFOIL

baby oil, castor oil, desert soil, drying oil, holy oil, linseed oil, mineral oil, olive oil, peanut oil, prairie soil, rapeseed oil, safflower oil, salad oil, soybean oil, supercoil, tick trefoil