adv. Obs. [f. TRIANGLE sb. or a. + -WISE.] In the manner or form of a triangle; triangularly.
1523. Fitzherb., Husb., § 4. Somme plowes haue a bende of yron tryanglewise, sette there as the plough eare shulde be.
1597. A. M., trans. Guillemeau’s Fr. Chirurg., 18 b/1. When as we cutte the skinne, we must doe it triangle wyse.
1670. Narborough, Jrnl., in Acc. Sev. Late Voy., I. (1694), 62. They lie Triangle-wise one of another.
1831. Caledonian Mercury, 12 Nov., 2/4. This erection, which consists of two huge beams reared triangle-wise, and steadied by ropes on each side, has itself an impressive appearance, overtopping all the neighbouring houses.
