Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Having three angles; having the form of a triangle; also, belonging to or situated in a triangle.
  • In heraldry, divided into triangles: noting the field, and equivalent to barry bendy dexter and sinister, or paly bendy dexter and sinister.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Having three angles; triangular.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Having three angles.
  • adjective Located inside a triangle.
  • adjective heraldry Divided into triangles (said of the field).

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Examples

  • The other cause my Southern Baptist friends opposed so vocally, as those men in women's clothing, or tight jeans and pink triangled t-shirts, waving rainbow flags marched past church on that Sunday morning.

    Facing Mecca Jack Varnell 2011

  • The triangled metronome rocked, the crystal tipped and churned, and Mam just stared at the wobbling crystalware.

    four-leafed clover James Claffey 2012

  • I started to read Superman when Lois and Clark was on, and all four triangled monthly books seemed to focus on different aspects of the Clark-and-Lois workplace relationship.

    Thoughts on Joe Quesada’s One More Day Interviews | Comics Should Be Good! @ Comic Book Resources 2008

  • The yellowing triangled Tottenham Hotspurs banner.

    The Art Thief Noah Charney 2007

  • Bush, a forked tongue liar has triangled Tony Snow (just as he has triangled so many others) into the tried and true role of, "rescuer of the chief and gatekeeper of the truth (a/k/a Bush lies)".

    Bush-Tony Snow-The Press 2006

  • Hugging the neatly triangled flag that had been presented to her, Caitlin stood at the graveside long after most of the others had gone, thinking about that.

    Hunting Fear Hooper, Kay 2004

  • In family therapy parlance these are children who triangled by the system, or who are part of systems that are so enmeshed that there is no room f or growth, individuality, or independent thinking, no space f or breathing.

    Bush Derangement Syndrome; Brilliant Theory, Faulty Premise 2003

  • The principal church, Notre Dame, founded in the 12th cent., contains semicircular and equilateral-triangled arches and cusped and Corinthian capitals.

    The South of France—East Half C. B. Black

  • In bonds, both MBS and treasuries orbited, honed in, coiled, triangled, and narrowed into their midrange values all day long:

    Mortgage News Daily - Mortgage And Real Estate News Matthew Graham 2010

  • Last night, he arm-triangled the life out of Shane Carwin, who was supposed to be the guy, finally, who Lesnar couldn't push around.

    the mighty mjd sports blog the mighty mjd 2010

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