four-leaved

Stained glass of Sainte ChapelleThe preference in Gothic architecture for quatrefoils has produced a legacy of four-leaved ornaments that enriches architecture of the Late Middle Ages.

Archive 2008-09-01 Unionpearl 2008

Often, quatrefoils enclose stained glass, but the four-leaved plant motif can also appear as part of the stained glass itself.

A to Z: Q is for Quatrefoil Unionpearl 2008

Often, quatrefoils enclose stained glass, but the four-leaved plant motif can also appear as part of the stained glass itself.

Archive 2008-09-01 Unionpearl 2008

Stained glass of Sainte ChapelleThe preference in Gothic architecture for quatrefoils has produced a legacy of four-leaved ornaments that enriches architecture of the Late Middle Ages.

A to Z: Q is for Quatrefoil Unionpearl 2008

It was rather as if he were thanking a stranger in a smoking-room for some trouble in passing the matches, than as if he were (as he was) practically thanking the Curator of Kew Gardens for coming with him into a field to find a four-leaved clover.

The Complete Father Brown 2003

It was rather as if he were thanking a stranger in a smoking-room for some trouble in passing the matches, than as if he were (as he was) practically thanking the Curator of Kew Gardens for coming with him into a field to find a four-leaved clover.

The Complete Father Brown 2003

Mother had gone back to her writing, and several sheets of pink paper with scalloped gilt edges and green four-leaved shamrocks in the corner were spoiled before the three had decided what to say.

The Railway Children Edith 2003

Mother had gone back to her writing, and several sheets of pink paper with scalloped gilt edges and green four-leaved shamrocks in the corner were spoiled before the three had decided what to say.

The Railway Children Edith 2003

At a signal from the princess the prince poured the water in the hole, and the moment it reached the brim the princess flung in the four-leaved plant.

The Brown Fairy Book 2003

But a girl was present who had just found a bit of four-leaved clover, and had thus become so wise that no deception could stand out against her, and she saw that the beam was nothing but a straw.

Household Tales 2003