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quatrefoil

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quatrefoil
1. a leaf composed of four leaflets
2. Architect a carved ornament having four foils arranged about a common centre, esp one used in tracery
quatrefoil [′kwä·trə‚fȯil]
(mathematics)
A multifoil consisting of four congruent arcs of a circle arranged around a square.
quatrefoil
A four-lobed pattern divided by cusps; also See foil.
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Cross-gables on the west (trackside) and east facades carry distinctive, curvilinear parapets, each with a Spanish Colonial quatrefoil decoration above the name Santa Fe in its center.
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