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

See Examples For:

tribrach

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

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