Tricorn Definition

trīkôrn
noun
A tricorn hat; cocked hat.
Webster's New World
A hat having the brim turned up on three sides.
American Heritage

(mathematics) A three-horned fractal.

Wiktionary
Synonyms:
  • tricorne
adjective
Having three horns or corners, as a hat with the brim folded up against the crown to form three sides.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Tricorn

Noun

Singular:
tricorn
Plural:
tricorns

Origin of Tricorn

  • French tricorne from Latin tricornis three-horned tri- tri- cornū horn ker-1 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Tricorn Sentence Examples

  • A tricorn hat looks like a triangle when placed on the head, and to modern people may appear funny, but they had purpose.

  • A dirtied leather tricorn hat over felt laced with gold trim, and a long pirate trench over a waist coat.

  • The soldier on the left has a clay pipe stuck through loops in the tricorn hat.

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