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Definition of "quatrefoils" []

  • Plural form of quatrefoil. (noun)

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Use "quatrefoils" in a sentence
  • "Soon, other trunkmakers began copying Louis Vuitton's successful design, pushing the company to launch in 1896 its now iconic monogrammed canvas with the graphic symbols of quatrefoils and flowers."
  • "Often, quatrefoils enclose stained glass, but the four-leaved plant motif can also appear as part of the stained glass itself."
  • "On its tower right, alongside human-sized grotesques in the galerie des chimères, Viollet-le-Duc built a retaining wall of open quatrefoils in the mid-nineteenth century."