TREFOILS

Noun

trefoils

plural of trefoil

Anagrams

• softlier

Source: Wiktionary


TREFOIL

Tre"foil, n. Etym: [L. tres three + E. foil leaf; cf. F. frèfle, It. trifoglio, L. trifolium. See Tri-, Foil leaf, and cf. Trifoly.]

1. (Bot.)

Definition: Any plant of the genus Trifolium, which includes the white clover, red clover, etc.; -- less properly, applied also to the nonesuch, or black medic. See Clover, and Medic.

2. (Arch.)

Definition: An ornamental foliation consisting of three divisions, or foils.

3. (Her.)

Definition: A charge representing the clover leaf.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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