TREFLE
Tré`flé", a. Etym: [F. tréflé. See Trefoil.] (Her.)
Defn: Having a three-lobed extremity or extremities, as a cross; also, more rarely, ornamented with trefoils projecting from the edges, as a bearing.
TREFOIL Tre"foil, n. Etym: [L. tres three + E. foil leaf; cf. F. frèfle, It. trifoglio, L. trifolium. See Tri-, Foil leaf, and cf. Trifoly.]
1. (Bot.)
Defn: Any plant of the genus Trifolium, which includes the white clover, red clover, etc.; — less properly, applied also to the nonesuch, or black medic. See Clover, and Medic.
2. (Arch.)
Defn: An ornamental foliation consisting of three divisions, or foils.
3. (Her.)
Defn: A charge representing the clover leaf.
TREFOILED
Tre"foiled`, a. (Her.)