tricornered
Having three angles
Tricornered means having three corners or angles.
The word most often describes the tricornered hat—the iconic headwear of 18th-century military officers and American revolutionaries, with its brim folded up on three sides.
A tricornered contest or race involves three competitors or parties.
Also spelled three-cornered.
Sharp-edged or rawboned
- triangularThree-cornered in form
- pointedTapering to a tip
- three-sidedHaving three edges
- peakedReached the summit
wedge · delta · pyramidal · gable · pennant · arrowhead · trefoil
angular
Sharp-edged or rawboned
- triangularThree-cornered in form
- pointedTapering to a tip
- three-sidedHaving three edges
peaked · wedge · delta · pyramidal · gable · pennant · arrowhead · trefoil
cocked
Tilted or primed
Napoleon · musketeer · costume · brim · felt · ceremonial · eighteenth-century · headwear · military · naval
three-way
Involving three participants
- deadlockMutual blocking, no progress
- stalemateMutual obstruction preventing progress
- rivalryOngoing contest between opponents
election · race · standoff · impasse · split · coalition · plurality · runoff · campaign · primary
tricorneredbilateral
Involving two parties
two-sided · one-on-one · head-to-head · unilateral · multilateral
corner, triangle, cornered, corners, cornering, trilateral, trisect, tricorn, tricorns