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tricoloured, -colored, a.|ˈtraɪˌkʌləd|
(Often with hyphen.)
[f. tri- + coloured, after prec., simulating a parasynthetic compound, as three-coloured.]
= prec. A.
1795St. Papers in Ann. Reg. 234/2 That tri-coloured standard [of 1789, when the red and blue of Paris were added to the white of the French King]. 1797S. & Ht. Lee Canterb. T., Frenchm. T. (1799) I. 234 Each wore a tri⁓coloured ribbond in his hat. 1806A. Duncan Nelson 98 The tri-colored cockade..caught his eye. 1840Macaulay Ess., Ranke (1887) 592 The tricoloured flag floated on the top of the Castle of St. Angelo. 1913F. T. Barton Toy Dogs ix. 41 The Ruby and Tri-coloured, or Prince Charles Spaniels, have a separate classification. |