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trefled

trefled adjective: trefoiled.

Adjective

trefled

  1. Trefoiled.
    • As in numerous other verso figures, the points of the trefled arch serve to lock in the angle of the prophet's head, much like the calipers closing in on the subject to be measured. This formal relationship of niche and lodger[…]1986, Donna Sadler-Davis, The Sculptural Program of the Verso of the West Façade of Reims Cathedral
    • The shift to a trefled arch above the former scene anticipates the splayed trefled arch in the scene above. But the spatial configuration of the Coronation is far more sophisticated than that of any other scenes in what remains of the[…]2018 March 6, Donna L. Sadler, Touching the Passion — Seeing Late Medieval Altarpieces through the Eyes of Faith, BRILL, →ISBN, page 65

Questions about trefled

What does trefled mean?
Trefled means trefoiled.
What part of speech is trefled?
Trefled is an adjective.

Words near trefled in the dictionary

  1. Treffrys
  2. treffs
  3. trefgordd
  4. trefgordds
  5. Trefil
  6. trefled
  7. trefly
  8. Treflys
  9. treflée
  10. Trefnant
  11. trefoil

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