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Quatrefoil vs Huitfoil - What's the difference?

quatrefoil | huitfoil | coordinate terms |

Huitfoil is a coordinate term of quatrefoil.



In architecture terms the difference between quatrefoil and huitfoil

is that quatrefoil is a symmetrical shape that forms the overall outline of four partially-overlapping circles of the same diameter while huitfoil is a symmetrical shape which forms the overall outline of eight partially-overlapping circles of the same diameter.

In heraldiccharge terms the difference between quatrefoil and huitfoil

is that quatrefoil is a stylized flower or leaf with four lobes while huitfoil is a stylized flower or leaf with eight lobes; an octofoil.

quatrefoil

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (architecture) A symmetrical shape that forms the overall outline of four partially-overlapping circles of the same diameter.
  • (heraldiccharge) A stylized flower or leaf with four lobes.
  • Coordinate terms

    * trefoil * cinquefoil * sexfoil * octofoil * multifoil * polyfoil

    Quotations

    * 1988 , (Alan Hollinghurst), (The Swimming Pool Library) , Penguin Books, paperback edition, page 142 *: It was a narrow, gravelled island we had to lie on, guarded by glazed brick chimneys and, running along the sides, a prickly little gothic fence of iron finials and terracotta quatrefoils .

    huitfoil

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (architecture) a symmetrical shape which forms the overall outline of eight partially-overlapping circles of the same diameter.
  • (heraldiccharge) A stylized flower or leaf with eight lobes; an octofoil.
  • Coordinate terms

    * trefoil * quatrefoil * cinquefoil * sexfoil