1. a decorative design or architectural element having four lobes or leaves, typically arranged symmetrically around a center
Usage: architecture; decorative arts

Examples

• The Gothic cathedral featured beautiful quatrefoil windows in its rose window.
• She admired the quatrefoil pattern carved into the stone balustrade.
• The garden gate was decorated with an iron quatrefoil design.
• Medieval manuscripts often included quatrefoil borders around illuminated text.
• The architect incorporated quatrefoil motifs throughout the building’s facade.
• The antique brooch displayed an elegant quatrefoil shape with four symmetrical petals.