Tripod
['traɪpɒd] or ['traɪpɑd]
Definition
(n.) Any utensil or vessel, as a stool, table, altar, caldron, etc., supported on three feet.
(n.) A three-legged frame or stand, usually jointed at top, for supporting a theodolite, compass, telescope, camera, or other instrument.
Typist: Wolfgang
Definition
n. anything on three feet or legs as a stool &c.—adj. having three legs or supports.—adj. Trip′odal.
Inputed by Heinrich
Examples
- The soldiers carried a sort of tripod for this purpose. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- In the British patent to Puckle, No. 418, of 1718, is shown and described a well-constructed revolver carried on a tripod, and of the dimensions of the modern machine gun. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- These converging horns or funnels, with a large speaking-trumpet in between them, are mounted on a tripod, and the megaphone is complete. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Ignacio was pulling down hard on the tripod and the barrel was burning his back. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Thou, Ignacio, hold me the three legs of that tripod. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- He obeyed, and took the tripod recently vacated by Lord Lancaster Stiltstalking. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- One man should hold the tripod still so that the gun does not jump. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Peering in, we could see that the only light in the room came from a dull blue flame which flickered from a small brass tripod in the centre. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- If he must fire, hold the legs of the tripod firm for him and hand him the pans when they are empty. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
Edited by Everett