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ˈthree-legged, a.|-lɛgd, -ˌlɛgɪd|
Having three legs, as a three-legged stool.
† three-legged mare, a nickname for the gallows; three-legged race, a race run by couples, the right leg of one person being bound to the left leg of the other; † three-legged staff, a tripod for supporting surveying instruments, etc.
1596Shakes. Tam. Shr. i. i. 64 To combe your noddle with a three-legg'd stoole. 1685T. Brown Advice Dr. Oates 26 From Fear Of being mounted on a Three-legg'd-Mare. 1694,1834[see mare1 2 a]. 1701Moxon Math. Instr. 21 Three-Leg'd Staff, made with Joynts to shut together, and take off in the middle for the better carriage: to support Instruments for Astronomy, Surveying, etc. 1764Maskelyne in Phil. Trans. LIV. 350 The wooden three-legged stand, which supports the sector. 1863W. C. Baldwin Afr. Hunting i. 3 Quill-driving was not my particular vocation, nor a three-legged stool the..range to which I was willing to restrict myself. 1876N.Y. Times 21 May 2/5 The three-legged race of 100 yards was won by the Brown-Hammond team. 1909Mission Field July 118 How the boys did enjoy the ‘three-legged’ race and the sack races! |