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threefoiled

threefoiled adjective: of an object or design: featuring three leaf-like or petal-like lobes.

Adjective

threefoiled (not comparable)

  1. Of an object or design: featuring three leaf-like or petal-like lobes.
    • This is the wixy old Willingdone picket up the half of the threefoiled hat of lipoleums fromoud of the bluddle filth.1924, James Joyce, FINNEGANS WAKE, page 10
    • Some of the artifacts were typical for a high status Viking Age woman’s grave: one threefoiled and two oval brooches and a number of beads were characteristic attributes for the female costume of the time and date the grave to the middle of the tenth century.2012, Ing-Marie Back Danielsson and Susanne Thedéen (eds), “The Aska Pendant”, in To Tender Gender The Pasts and Futures of Gender Research in Archaeology, page 44

Examples of threefoiled in a sentence

  • The main church of the site (the basilica Nova) for example, a three-aisled basilica with a raised threefoiled apse, was seen as derived from north African models.2014, Unattributed, “Medieval Art and Architecture in Southern Italy I: Mobility and Materiality”, in Italian Art Society:
  • Rosary with threefoiled crucifix in Palestinian olive wood 8 mm ( 0,31 in ).2019, Unattributed, Holy Art:

Origin of threefoiled

three + foiled.

Questions about threefoiled

What does threefoiled mean?
Threefoiled means of an object or design: featuring three leaf-like or petal-like lobes.
How do you use threefoiled in a sentence?
The main church of the site (the basilica Nova) for example, a three-aisled basilica with a raised threefoiled apse, was seen as derived from north African models.
What part of speech is threefoiled?
Threefoiled is an adjective.

Words near threefoiled in the dictionary

  1. threefers
  2. threefin
  3. threefins
  4. Threefish
  5. threefoil
  6. threefoiled
  7. threefoils
  8. threefold
  9. threefold law
  10. threefold laws
  11. threefolded

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