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What is a quatrefoil?

What is a quatrefoil? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (architecture) A symmetrical shape that forms the overall outline of four partially-overlapping circles of the same diameter.
  2. (heraldry) A stylized flower or leaf with four lobes.
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In hinges the cinquefoil displaced the quatrefoil, as at Orb, Oppenheim, and Magdeburg.
The body is basically elliptical, but it is contoured to create an elongated quatrefoil.
The moneyer's name, Eoba, is on the reverse, each letter in a petal of a quatrefoil.
Officers have the quatrefoil on their service caps, and all wear the bronze 1868 globe and anchor and khaki shirts with neckties.
The windows in the belfry have been restored and consist of two trefoiled lights with a quatrefoil over.
Externally what catch the eye are the closely spaced vertical timbers, quatrefoil decoration, and windows with moulded timber mullions.

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