THREE-CORNERED Definition & Meaning

three-cornered

[ three-kawr-nerd ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

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.

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

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Most of them wore cheap felt three-cornered hats and frontier shirts that tied at the collar.

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Like the other women, she wore a black three-cornered hat and a sash bearing the words “Votes for Women.”

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Their three-cornered rivalry is what has helped make them great.

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“What girl wouldn't? You'd look sweet, Mrs. de Winter, dressed as a little Dresden shepherdess, your hair tucked under a big three-cornered hat.”

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The scene on the lid shows people in powdered wigs and three-cornered hats outside a villa.

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