Definition of "three-legged" []

• Having three legs (adjective)

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• "Its primary voters tend to be interested in fiscal, social and defense issues, which covers what Ronald Reagan once referred to as the "three-legged stool" of the conservative movement."
• "For most people, Social Security is one component of retirement income -- one leg of the so-called three-legged stool."
• "Sunlight streamed in from a high window, and a three-legged brazier had been placed in the middle of the room, giving off a thin stream of smoke and just enough heat to keep him from freezing."