three-legged stool
Stable triangular perch
A three-legged stool is a seat supported by three legs rather than the usual four.
The design is inherently stable on uneven surfaces since three points always define a plane.
Figuratively, a three-legged stool describes any system resting on three essential components: Social Security has long been called a three-legged stool—pensions, savings, and government benefits.
- tripodStabilizing support structure
- seatPlace for sitting
- milkingExtracting animal dairy fluid
- woodenMade from timber
- rusticRural and unrefined
stable base · old fashioned · wobble · balance · stability · craftsman · farmhouse · country kitchen · workshop · perch · sturdy · handmade · spinning · cobbler · pub · tavern · fireside · simple
- stoolsbarstool, footstool
- rustic furniturefarmhouse table, harvest table, trestle table, ladder-back chair, Windsor chair
- tripodstripod, camera tripod, tripod stand, tripod lamp
- AnglicanismBook of Common Prayer, archbishops, Archbishop of Canterbury, Canterbury, Anglicans
three-legged stoolfour-poster bed
Bed with vertical corner supports
throne · chaise longue · canopy bed · wingback chair · settee
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