three-legged iron stand, 12c., trefet, probably from a noun use of Latin tripedem (nominative tripes) "three-footed," from tri- "three" (see three) + pes "foot," from PIE root *ped- (1) "a foot" (see foot (n.)).
实用例句
1. Next, we turned down the Congressman's son and the Governor's -- right as a trivet, I confess it.
