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TREFOIL ARCH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does trefoil arch mean? 

TREFOIL ARCH (noun)
  The noun TREFOIL ARCH has 1 sense:

1. a pointed arch having cusps in the intrados on either side of the apexplay

  Familiarity information: TREFOIL ARCH used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


TREFOIL ARCH (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A pointed arch having cusps in the intrados on either side of the apex

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("trefoil arch" is a kind of...):

pointed arch (an arch with a pointed apex; characteristic of Gothic architecture)


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