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Definition of Hexafoil
1. Noun. A design with six round semicircular petals stemming from a central circle. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Hexafoil
1. a pattern with six leaf-like lobes [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hexafoil
Literary usage of Hexafoil
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Plane Geometry by William Betz, Harrison Emmett Webb, Percey Franklyn Smith (1912)
"It is to have the form shown in the diagram. Determine the radius of the interior
hexagon; the perimeter of the hexafoil; the area of the ..."
2. Dictation Lessons in Drawing: For Primary Grades : to Accompany White's by Sarah Frances Buckelew, C A Halstead, George G White (1878)
"DICTATION LESSON V. SYMMETRICAL ARRANGEMENT OF CURVED LINES IN hexafoil. ...
13, in drawing the hexafoil. Divide the base of the upper simple curve of the ..."
3. The Gentleman's Magazine (1847)
"the occasional employment of hexafoil windows. The Secretary then read the
remainder of Mr. Hallam's Dissertation on the Bret- ..."
4. A Manual of Historic Ornament, Treating Upon the Evolution, Tradition, and by Richard Glazier (1906)
"The knob or boss on the stem, together with the base, are usually lobed or
hexafoil, and enriched with repousse work and enamels (plate 41). ..."
5. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland by Society of Antiquaries of Scotland (1882)
"The reverse side of the horn has a band of oblique lines, a band of chequered
ornament, and a circle with a hexafoil enclosed. 63. ..."
6. Ecclesiastical Art in Germany During the Middle Ages by Wilhelm Lübke, Leonard Abercrombie Wheatley (1870)
"and the contour, often especially beautiful, which lend it so particular a value.
The foot receives the form of a hexafoil instead of the original round one ..."
7. Russian Art and Art Objects in Russia: A Handbook to the Reproductions of by Alfred Maskell (1884)
"Next comes a hexafoil border with a Latin motto, and the edge is beaten up into
a most beautiful and minute design in which cupids' heads alternate with ..."
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