trivet

noun /ˈtɹɪv.ɪt/

1. A stand with three short legs, especially for cooking over a fire.

   They collected wood and built back the fire and they fetched rocks to make a trivet and there they set the bucket to boil.

2. A stand, sometimes with short, stumpy feet, or a mat used to support hot dishes and protect a table; a coaster.

3. A weaver's knife used to cut out the wire that was used to form a pile.

Where it comes from

From Middle English trevet, from Old English trefet, borrowed from Latin tripēs, tripedis (“tripod”).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry trivet (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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