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three-cornered

[ three-kawr-nerd ]

adjective

  1. having three corners:

    a three-cornered hat.

  2. pertaining to or involving three persons, parties, or things:

    The candidates were deadlocked in a three-cornered tie.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of three-cornered1

First recorded in 1350–1400, three-cornered is from Middle English thre cornerid. See three, cornered
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Example Sentences

In fact, they were the real commanders, although the fire inspector had yellow and crimson feathers in his three-cornered hat.

You may be shore that the three-cornered noats came pretty thick now from the Griffinses.

It was up to me to find the boss as quickly as I could and have the three-cornered surgical operation over with.

His mother takes his three-cornered hat off again in order to brush it properly.

At this moment, the ill-looking man was inspecting the hole in the crown of his three-cornered hat.

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