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- not comparableHaving the shape of a trefoil.
The knop is formed of three rams' heads, and the base, trefoiled-shaped, has three bosses […]
1884, The Jewelers' Circular and Horological Review, page 101- not comparablegovernmentHaving a three-lobed extremity or extremities; of a cross: having ends which terminate in trefoils (similar or identical to bottony).
If the shield is regarded as one showing dimidiated arms, then it may be read as (dexter) gules, a cross trefoiled and voided or, . .. (sinister) gules (2), on two pallets argent, ladders (2) semé (?) azure.
1993, Adolph S. Cavallo, Medieval Tapestries in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, →ISBN, page 141
- especiallynot comparablegovernmentOrnamented with trefoils projecting from the edges, as a bearing, partition, etc.
There is a plain trefoiled window above in the tower; the lower part of the spire having two lancet windows, with a circle […] The pulpit is of modern oak, of five panels, each panel being divided into two trefoiled arched partitions;[…]
2014 March 28, James Conway Walter, A History of Horncastle (Illustrated), Lulu Press, Inc, →ISBN
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