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Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Middle English quaterfoil set of four leaves, from Anglo-French quatre + Middle English -foil (as in trefoil) Date: 15th century 1. a conventionalized representation of a flower with four petals or of a leaf with four leaflets 2. a 4-lobed foliation in architecture

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. a four-pointed or four-leafed figure, esp. as an ornament in architectural tracery, resembling a flower or clover leaf. Etymology: ME f. AF f. quatre four: see FOIL(2)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Quatrefeuille Qua"tre*feuille, Quatrefoil Qua"tre*foil, n. [F. quatre feuilles.] Same as Quarterfoil.