trivet

From Old English trefet, from Latin tripūs (“tripod”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɹɪvɪt/

trivet (plural trivets)

1. a stand with three short legs, especially for cooking over a fire
   • 1994, Cormac McCarthy, The Crossing

     They collected wood and built back the fire and they fetched rocks to make a trivet and there they set the bucket to boil.

2. a stand, sometimes with short, stumpy feet, used to support hot dishes and protect a table; a hot coaster
3. A weaver's knife. See trevat.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Knight to this entry?)

• as right as a trivet
• coaster