1. tripod - Noun
2. tripod - Verb
Any utensil or vessel, as a stool, table, altar, caldron, etc., supported on three feet.
A three-legged frame or stand, usually jointed at top, for supporting a theodolite, compass, telescope, camera, or other instrument.
Source: Webster's dictionaryMy preference is that, that day when someone sticks a tripod in front of you with a camera on the top, it is not day one. Daniel Day-Lewis
Well, well, there are moments when I am wrung by enthusiasm or madness or prophecy like a Greek oracle on a tripod... Everyone suffers here either from fever, or hallucination, or madness, we understand each other like members of the same family. Vincent van Gogh
Sitting alone at night in secret study; it is placed on the brass tripod. A slight flame comes out of the emptiness and makes successful that which should not be believed in vain. Nostradamus
A general-purpose machine gun is usually a lightweight medium machine gun which can either be used with a bipod and drum in the light machine gun role or a tripod and belt feed in the medium machine gun role. Source: Internet
Both were also very heavy, with a water-cooled M2 tipping the scales at over 220 pounds with its tripod and condensation can. Source: Internet
Another configuration omits the tripod and attaches the stand to the side of the bass drum, particular suitable for kits with very large or double bass drums. Source: Internet