triskelion

Noun

Meaning

triskelion (plural triskelions or triskelia)

A figure composed of three interlocked spirals (or three bent human legs), with threefold rotational symmetry.
Sicily and the Isle of Man use triskelia as their emblems.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Synonyms

shamrock trident triangle triumvirate trefoil trireme triskeles

Hypernyms

design figure pattern

Examples

After a brutal fight that damages the Triskelion, the Winter Soldier begins to remember his past as Bucky Barnes and pulls an unconscious Captain America from the Potomac River. Source: Internet

The Triskelion is located on Theodore Roosevelt Island and is over 20 stories tall (which in real life is illegal given DC's building height laws). Source: Internet

For centuries, the island's symbol has been the so-called "three legs of Mann" ( Manx Tree Cassyn Vannin main), a triskelion of three legs conjoined at the thigh. Source: Internet

The three legs of the triskelion are also reminiscent of Hephaestus 's three-legged tables that ran by themselves, as mentioned in Iliad xviii. Source: Internet

The triskelion as a BDSM symbol can easily be perceived as the three separate parts of the acronym BDSM; which are BD, DS, and SM (Bondage Device, Domination & Submission, Sadomasochism). Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

triskele triskeles triskelia Trisler Trismegistic Trismegistus