Also in quasi-Gr. form triskelion, erron. triskelos. [f. Gr. τρι-, TRI- + σκέλος leg; cf. τρισκελής three-legged.] A symbolic figure consisting of three legs or lines radiating from a common center.
1857. Birch, Anc. Pottery (1858), I. 164. On some other Sicilian tiles the potter had placed the triskelos, or three legs, as an emblem of the country.
1880. B. Head, Guide Coins & Medals Brit. Mus., 23. The Triskelion is supposed by some to be a symbol of the sun.
1885. Athenæum, 27 June, 826/2. Panels, on which were sculptured designs such as the ‘sunsnake,’ the swastika, and the triskele.
[1914. Brit. Mus. Return, 110. The rare staters … bear respectively a triskeles of human legs … a wheel … and a crescent.]
