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Webster 1913 Edition


Trifistulary

Tri-fis′tu-la-ry

,
Adj.
[Pref.
tri-
+
fistula
,
fistular
.]
Having three pipes.
Sir T. Browne.

Webster 1828 Edition


Trifistulary

TRIFIS'TULARY

,
Adj.
[L. tres and fistula, a pipe.] Having three pipes.

Definition 2024


trifistulary

trifistulary

English

Adjective

trifistulary (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete, nonce word) Having three pipes.
    • 1976, Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, 6th edition, book 3, chapter 12:
      nor will the solitude of the Phœnix allow this denomination; for many there are of that species, and whose trifistulary bill and crany we have beheld our selves.'