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Trefoil
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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(Lat. trifolium, three-leaved plant, Fr. trefle, Ger. Dreiblatl and Dreiblattbogen), the term in Gothic architecture given to the ornamental foliation or cusping introduced in the heads of window-lights, tracery, panellings, &c., in which the centre takes the form of a three-lobed leaf, one of the earliest examples being in the plate tracery at Winchester (1222-1235);1235); See Quatrefoil.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Trefoil'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/t/trefoil.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Trefoil'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/t/trefoil.html. 1910.
