tri-coloured

See also: tricoloured

English

Adjective

tri-coloured (not comparable)

1. Alternative form of tricolored
   • 1791 September 3, The Times‎^[1], number 2119, London, column 1:

     He took notice of the inſubordination of the troops, and mentioned particularly the ſecond battalion of the regiment of Beauce, which had refuſed to quit the tri-coloured ribband which M. de Rochambeau inſiſted ſhould not be worn.

   • 1792 May 9, Evening Mail‎^[2], London, column 2:

     There is not the ſmalleſt doubt but this day the tri-coloured flag is floating […]

   • 2019 December 26, Blair Crawford, “Back from the brink”, in Ottawa Citizen, page A2:

     “The big picture is that the bats in Ontario, little brown bats, tri-coloured, small-footed and northern long-eared bats, they’ve experienced a 95- to 100-per-cent collapse,” Hooton said.