a. (Often with hyphen.) [f. TRI- + COLORED, after prec., simulating a parasynthetic compound, as three-colored.] = prec. A.
1795. St. Papers, in Ann. Reg., 234/2. That tri-coloured standard [of 1789, when the red and blue of Paris were added to the white of the French King].
1797. S. & Ht. Lee, Canterb. T., Frenchm. T. (1799), I. 234. She observed that each wore a tri-coloured ribbond in his hat.
1806. A. Duncan, Nelson, 98. The tri-colored cockade … caught his eye.
1840. Macaulay, Ess., Ranke (1887), 592. The tricoloured flag floated on the top of the Castle of St. Angelo.
