Septfoil is a coordinate term of quatrefoil.
In architecture terms the difference between quatrefoil and septfoil
is that quatrefoil is a symmetrical shape that forms the overall outline of four partially-overlapping circles of the same diameter while septfoil is a symmetrical shape which forms the overall outline of seven partially-overlapping circles of the same diameter.
In heraldiccharge terms the difference between quatrefoil and septfoil
is that quatrefoil is a stylized flower or leaf with four lobes while septfoil is a stylized flower or leaf with seven lobes.
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 .
septfoil
English
Noun
(
en noun)
(architecture) a symmetrical shape which forms the overall outline of seven partially-overlapping circles of the same diameter.
(heraldiccharge) A stylized flower or leaf with seven lobes.
Coordinate terms
* trefoil
* quatrefoil
* cinquefoil
* sexfoil