trip|tych

trip|tych
trip|tych «TRIHP tihk», noun.
1. a set of three panels side by side, having pictures, carvings, or the like on them. The side panels are usually subordinate, and are hinged to fold over the central panel. Triptychs are commonly used as altarpieces.
2. a hinged, three-leaved writing tablet, used in ancient Greece and Rome.
[< Greek tríptychos three-layered < tri- three + ptýx fold]

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