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tricornered

tricornered

6.7
Having three corners or points like an old hat
  • adjective
  • /ˈtraɪˌkɔrnərd/
  • Archaic
translation icon : tricorne
  • The tricornered shape of the building's roof made it stand out from its neighbors.
  • a tricornered hat

Examples

  • He wore a classic tricornered hat that was popular during the 18th century.

  • The bumbling carabinieri in their tricornered hats were surprisingly manageable; they seemed to feel that Signor Perso's Italian passport simplified his death.

    Fiction book (1996)

  • At the historical reenactment, many participants donned tricornered hats to represent the era.

Synonyms

triangular
vstricornered
23 2.7

A shape with three straight sides and three angles

refers instead to having three corners or points, often for hats
three-cornered
vstricornered
1 3.6

Having three corners

is used especially for hats or objects with three pointed corners

Surface Forms

tricornered positive

Morphology

tricornered = cornered (transparent) = tri + corner + ed

The word 'tricornered' is transparently derived from 'tri-' meaning three and 'cornered' meaning having corners.

Etymology

Tricornered comes from the parts tri- meaning 'three' and corner meaning 'point', so imagine a triangle or an old hat with three points. That's why a tricornered hat or object has three corners.