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Definition of Cloverleaf
1. Noun. An interchange that does not require left-hand turns.
Definition of Cloverleaf
1. Adjective. In the form of the leaf of a clover plant; cloverleafed. ¹
2. Noun. (''with plural'' '''cloverleaves''') The leaf of a clover plant ¹
3. Noun. (American English) (''with plural'' '''cloverleafs''' ''or'' '''cloverleaves''') A cloverleaf interchange. ¹
4. Verb. (intransitive) To turn by following a cloverleaf, or as if by following one. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cloverleaf
1. [n -LEAFS or -LEAVES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cloverleaf
Literary usage of Cloverleaf
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Green Fairy Book edited by Andrew Lang (1906)
"King cloverleaf and Queen Frivola had but one child, and this Princess had from
her very babyhood been so beautiful, that by the time she was four years old ..."
2. Seven Firefights in Vietnam by John A. Cash (1985)
"Baird settled his men into a perimeter, then, with artillery support, he sent
two squads to conduct a cloverleaf sweep on each side of the trail. ..."
3. Crimson Architectural Historians 1994-2002 by Stichting Rotterdam-Maaskant (2002)
"Van den Broek subsequently presented page after page of traffic schemes, circular
junctions, cloverleaf figures, single- and multi-level crossings and so on ..."
4. Automobile Year Book (1916)
"... speedometer, ammeter, voltmeter, clock and demountable rims 3-Passenger
cloverleaf Roadster $1445 3-Passenger cloverleaf Cabriolet $1745 Price, ..."
5. Decisions by California Public Utilities Commission, Railroad Commission of the State of California, Queensland Office of the Information Commissioner (1915)
"Asher street is one of the streets of the Asher cloverleaf Terrace Subdivision
of the city of San Diego. The street, as laid out on the officially accepted ..."
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