Dictionary entry

Triskelion

Webster's Dictionary 1913

{ Tris‐kel″i‐on (?), orTris″kele (?) }, n. [Gr. � three-legged. See Tri-; Isosceles.] A figure composed of three branches, usually curved, radiating from a center, as the figure composed of three human legs, with bent knees, which has long been used as a badge or symbol of Sicily and of the Isle of Man.