Now north. dial. Also 6 -ett, tripett, 7–9 tripet. [Cf. OF. trepied, tripié, tripier (12th c. in Godef., Compl.), and TRIVET.] A trivet.
1563. Richmond Wills (Surtees), 169. A gyrdle, a brandrett, a speitt, and a trippett.
1570. Levins, Manip., 87/49. A Trippet, tripus, odis, hic.
1581. Inv., in Trans. Cumb. & West. Arch. Soc., X. 40. Item. Spitt and tripett.
1677. Gale, Crt. Gentiles, II. III. 60. Which Machine was called from its three Pillars, Tripos, as it were of three feet, much of the same forme with the usual Tripet.
1820. Shelley, Hymn to Mercury, x. 7. Her household stuff and state, Perennial pot, trippet, and brazen pan.
1894. Northumbld. Gloss., Tripet, an iron grating placed on the top of (and across) the kitchen fire for pans to rest on; a trivet.
