3kant
Swedish
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editCompound of 3 + kant (“edge”). Compare with trekant (“triangle”, literally “three-edge”).
Noun
edit3kant c
- (uncommon) Alternative spelling of trekant (“triangle; threesome”)
- 1894, Gustaf Ericsson, edited by Magdalena Hellquist, Sockenbeskrivningar [Parish descriptions][1], published 1994, page 16:
- 4. Längre åt vester vid en väg som går från gärdet åt skogen, fint gräsband i marken:
a) Cirkelsättning nära öfverväxt med urgröpt rös i midten
b) 3kant med 9 fots sidor SO från cirkeln- 4. Further westward along a road stretching from the field toward the forest, a fine band of grass upon the ground:
a) A circular formation nigh overgrown, with a hollowed cairn at the centre.
b) A triangle with sides of nine feet, southeast of the circle.
- 4. Further westward along a road stretching from the field toward the forest, a fine band of grass upon the ground: