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three-cornered

[three-kawr-nerd]

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adjective

having three corners: a three-cornered hat.

pertaining to or involving three persons, parties, or things: The candidates were deadlocked in a three-cornered tie.

Origin of three-cornered

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

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for three-cornered

Historical Examples of three-cornered

If it were a three-cornered fight, I might yet bear my part.
The Prisoner of Zenda
Anthony Hope
Bring me that three-cornered, blue bottle from the cupboard, Susie.
Tabitha's Vacation
Ruth Alberta Brown
Would it have been in that three-cornered strip that runs along by the road?
Torchy As A Pa
Sewell Ford
He was intercepted, and the argument took on a three-cornered aspect.
The Huntress
Hulbert Footner
The leaf grows on a three-cornered stalk, and is about a yard long.
On the Banks of the Amazon
W.H.G. Kingston