multifoil Arch.
(ˈmʌltɪfɔɪl)
[f. multi- 2 + foil n.1]
An ornament consisting of many (i.e. more than five) foils. Also attrib. or adj.
| 1835 [see foil n.1 2 b]. 1848 B. Webb Cont. Ecclesiol. x. 419 There are multifoils with reliefs of angels singing. 1849 Freeman Archit. 278 The strange multifoil shape which is a peculiarity of the Arabian architecture of Spain. |
Hence ˈmultifoiled a, composed of many foils.
| 1851 Ruskin Stones Ven. I. viii. §15 Multifoiled shafts are seldom true grouped shafts. |