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triv⋅et

1 [triv-it]

–noun

1.	a small metal plate with short legs, esp. one put under a hot platter or dish to protect a table.

2.	a three-footed or three-legged stand or support, esp. one of iron placed over a fire to support cooking vessels or the like.

Origin:
1375–1425; late ME trevet, OE trefet, appar. b. OE thrifēte three-footed and L triped-, s. of tripēs three-footed (with VL -e- for L -i-)

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triv⋅et

2 [triv-it]

–noun

a special knife for cutting pile loops, as of velvet or carpets.

Also, trivette.

Origin:
orig. uncert.

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triv·et (trĭv'ĭt) Pronunciation Key
n.

A metal stand with short feet, used under a hot dish on a table.
A three-legged stand made of metal, used for supporting cooking vessels in a hearth.

[Middle English trevet, stand for cooking vessels, from Old English trefet, probably alteration (influenced by Old English thrifēte, three-footed) of Latin tripēs, triped- : tri-, tri- + pēs, foot; see ped- in Indo-European roots.]

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trivet

three-legged iron stand, 12c., trefet, probably from L. tripedem (nom. tripes) "three-footed," from tri- "three" + pes "foot" (see foot).

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trivet
noun
1.	a three-legged metal stand for supporting a cooking vessel in a hearth
2.	a stand with short feet used under a hot dish on a table

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Trivet

Triv"et\, n. [Probably through French fr. L. tripes, -edis, three-footed; tri- (see Tri-)+ pes, pedis, foot: cf. F. tr['e]pied. See Foot, and cf. Tripod.]

1. A tree-legged stool, table, or other support; especially, a stand to hold a kettle or similar vessel near the fire; a tripod. [Written also trevet.]

2. A weaver's knife. See Trevat. --Knight.

Trivet table, a table supported by three legs. --Dryden.