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cinquefoiled

cinquefoiled adjective: having five lobes or having the shape of a cinquefoil.

Adjective

cinquefoiled (not comparable)

  1. Having five lobes or having the shape of a cinquefoil.
    • The nave has, on the north side, one single trefoiled window, and another of two lights cinquefoiled. The south side has a window of two lights cinquefoiled, and another of two lights trefoiled.1834, Collectanea topographica et genealogica, page 211
    • Edingthorpe, Norfolk. — A window with two ogee-headed lights, both cinquefoiled, supporting a centrepiece pointed above and ogee below. In it is inscribed a quatrefoil with double foliation.1913, Francis Bond, An Introduction to English Church Architecture from the Eleventh to the Sixteenth Century, page 632

Origin of cinquefoiled

From cinquefoil + -ed.

Questions about cinquefoiled

What does cinquefoiled mean?
Cinquefoiled means having five lobes or having the shape of a cinquefoil.
What part of speech is cinquefoiled?
Cinquefoiled is an adjective.

Words near cinquefoiled in the dictionary

  1. cinqueda
  2. cinquedas
  3. cinquedea
  4. cinquedeas
  5. cinquefoil
  6. cinquefoiled
  7. cinquefoils
  8. cinquepace
  9. cinquepaces
  10. cinquepas
  11. Cinquera

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