a. [f. TRI- + L. corpus, corpor- body + -AL: cf. corporal.] Having three bodies; three-bodied. So Tricorporate, Tricorporated adjs. in same sense, spec. in Her.: see quots.; also Tricorporous a. (rare–0).
1730–6. Bailey (folio), *Tricorporal, that hath three bodies.
1822. T. Taylor, Apuleius, III. 59. Coequal to the destruction of the tricorporal Geryon, or the three-headed Cerberus.
1731. Bailey, vol. II., *Tricorporate, Tricorporous, that hath three bodies.
c. 1828. Berry, Encycl. Her., I. Gloss., Tricorporate is said when the bodies of three beasts are represented issuing from the dexter, sinister, and base points of the escocheon, and meeting conjoined to one head in the centre point.
1572. Bossewell, Armorie, II. 42. *Tricorporated.
1610. Guillim, Heraldry, III. xv. (1611), 141. A Tricorporated Lion issuing out of the three corners of the Escocheon all meeting vnder one head.
1727. Bailey, vol. II., *Tricorporous.
