triple-headedadj.
/ˌtrɪplˈhɛdᵻd/, /ˈtrɪplˌhɛdᵻd/, U.S. /ˌtrɪp(ə)lˈhɛdəd/, /ˈtrɪp(ə)lˌ(h)ɛdəd/ Having three heads; three-headed.
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the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > mythical creature or object > [adjective] > having many heads or faces
triple-headed1581
two-headed1596
thousand-headed1599
polycephalous1659
septi-fronteda1708
three-headed1905
society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > sharp weapon > spear or lance > [adjective] > having specific head
coronalleda1450
triple-headed1581
piled?1611
fluked1629
tridental1648
brazen-headed1832
1581 A. Hall tr. Homer 10 Bks. Iliades v. 87 Iuno..stricken so did stand By triple headed [Fr. a triple poincte] sheering shafte, ysent by Herculs hand.
?1606 M. Drayton Eglog iv, in Poemes sig. D7v Such monster-tamers..As haue tyde vp the triple-headed hound.
a1658 J. Cleveland Wks. (1687) 94 The Triple-headed Turn-key of Heaven with the Triple-headed Porter of Hell.
1775 J. Adair Hist. Amer. Indians 29 Proserpine and Cerberus were triple-headed.
1847 Ld. Lindsay Sketches Hist. Christian Art I. 84 The triple-headed, bat-winged, horned and hoofed monster of the later middle ages.
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adj.1581