tribrach

American  

[trahy-brak, trib-rak] / ˈtraɪ bræk, ˈtrɪb ræk /

noun

1. Prosody. a foot of three short syllables.

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tribrach ¹ British  

/ ˈtrɪb-, ˈtraɪbræk /

noun

1. prosody a metrical foot of three short syllables ( )

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tribrach ² British  

/ ˈtrɪbræk /

noun

1. archaeol a three-armed object, esp a flint implement

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Other Word Forms

• tribrachial adjective
• tribrachic adjective

Etymology

Origin of tribrach

< Latin tribrachys < Greek tríbrachys, equivalent to tri- tri- + brachýs short; see brachy-

Example Sentences

It will, no doubt, be considered ridiculous by the Fannii and Fanniae of our day to talk of varying the trochee with the iambus, or of resolving either into the tribrach.

From Famous Reviews by Johnson, R. Brimley

Juno, meantime, whose feelings were less affected, did not kneel at all; but, like a tribrach, amused herself with chasing a hare which just then crossed one of the forest ridings.

From The Uncollected Writings of Thomas de Quincey, Vol. 2 With a Preface and Annotations by James Hogg by Hogg, James

Classical prosody distinguished several other feet, some of which are occasionally mentioned in treatises on English verse: amphibrach ◡_◡, tribrach ◡◡◡, pyrrhic ◡◡, paeon _◡◡◡, choriamb _◡◡_.

From The Principles of English Versification by Baum, Paull Franklin

Another point which appears worth mentioning is the following: The foot-screws were of brass, the tribrach, into which they fitted, was made of aluminium for the sake of lightness.

From South: the story of Shackleton's 1914-1917 expedition by Shackleton, Ernest Henry, Sir

The two metals have a different coefficient of expansion, and while the feet fitted the tribrach at ordinary temperatures, they were quite loose at temperatures in the region of 20� Fahr. below zero.

From South: the story of Shackleton's 1914-1917 expedition by Shackleton, Ernest Henry, Sir