foiled, ppl. a.
(fɔɪld)
[f. foil v.4 + -ed1 and foil n.1 + -ed2.]
1. † a. Coated on one side, or backed with foil (obs.). b. Produced by a coating of foil.
| 1662 J. Bargrave Pope Alex. VII (1867) 131 Two cylinders..the one of steel..the other of foyled isinglass. 1703 T. N. City & C. Purchaser 153 Looking-glasses foil'd being in vogue for Ornaments. 1864 Realm 24 Feb. 8 If we are content with painted and foiled glitter. |
2. Arch. Ornamented with foils; resembling foils. foiled arch = foil-arch. See foil n.1 2 b.
| 1835 R. Willis Archit. Mid. Ages 194 This is the Saracen mode of treating foiled arches. 1840 Parker Gloss. Archit. 93 Foiled Arch, an arch in the form of a trefoil, cinquefoil, or multifoil. 1848 J. G. Wilkinson Dalmatia, etc. I. 255 A foiled corbel table. 1849 Ruskin Sev. Lamps iii. §20. 86 Holes cut into foiled shapes. |