(n) :
a stand with threeshortlegs, especially for cooking over a fire; a stand, sometimes with short, stumpy feet, used to support hot dishes and protect a table
"1994: Cormac McCarthy, The Crossing - They collected wood and built back the fire and they fetched rocks to make a trivet and there they set the bucket to boil."
(n) :
a stand with threeshortlegs, especially for cooking over a fire; a stand, sometimes with short, stumpy feet, used to support hot dishes and protect a table
"1994: Cormac McCarthy, The Crossing - They collected wood and built back the fire and they fetched rocks to make a trivet and there they set the bucket to boil."