Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A figure consisting of three curved lines or branches, or three stylized human arms or legs, radiating from a common center.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A widely distributed symbolic device composed of three arms or branches radiating from a center.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A figure composed of three branches, usually curved, radiating from a center, as the figure composed of three human legs, with bent knees, which has long been used as a badge or symbol of Sicily and of the Isle of Man.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Any figure or object composed of
three interlocked spirals ,limbs (especially bent human legs), or any similarsymbol with threeprotrusions and athreefold rotational symmetry .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a figure consisting of three stylized human arms or legs (or three bent lines) radiating from a center
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Nah, it's just an Austrian attempt at the Welsh triskelion.
She's Got Leeeegs... 2010
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However, I don't think the rabb...er, lagomorphs in your triskelion emblem agree with you.
Robert Jordan, Wheel of Time 6: Lord of Chaos (1994) Adam Roberts 2010
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Not entirely sure I am the most "English" person in Parliament I'm currently staring at a giant Manx triskelion that even Lindsay Hoyle would be proud of!
Happy St Andrews Day Kerron Cross 2006
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Will recognized the symbol as the triskelion of the Armies of the Mighty.
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A hundred yards away, a headless dragon engine was using its neck as a metallic whip to breach one of the triskelion towers.
The Brothers' War Grubb, Jeff 1998
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Even when the artificer made sure to mention Tawnos's inventions, such as the triskelion, a mobile fortification, the eyes of the nobles glazed over and Tawnos could almost hear their ears clicking off.
The Brothers' War Grubb, Jeff 1998
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A hundred yards away, a headless dragon engine was using its neck as a metallic whip to breach one of the triskelion towers.
The Brothers' War Grubb, Jeff 1998
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Even when the artificer made sure to mention Tawnos's inventions, such as the triskelion, a mobile fortification, the eyes of the nobles glazed over and Tawnos could almost hear their ears clicking off.
The Brothers' War Grubb, Jeff 1998
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Isle of Man, by the way, is a British protectorate whose symbol is an armored triskelion, a three-legged creation that appears always to be running despite having no head -much like some politicians who come immediately to mind.
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Isle of Man, by the way, is a British protectorate whose symbol is an armored triskelion, a three-legged creation that appears always to be running despite having no head -much like some politicians who come immediately to mind.
reesetee commented on the word triskelion
See three legs of man.
March 26, 2008
Prolagus commented on the word triskelion
hahaha!
March 28, 2008