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plural quatrefoils
(architecture) A symmetrical shape that forms the overall outline of four partially-overlapping circles of the same diameter. quotations examples
It was a narrow, gravelled island we had to lie on, guarded by glazed brick chimneys and, running along the sides, a prickly little gothic fence of iron finials and terracotta quatrefoils.
1988, Alan Hollinghurst, The Swimming-Pool Library, paperback edition, London: Penguin Books, page 142
(heraldry) A stylized flower or leaf with four lobes. examples