truel

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English

Etymology

Blend of tri- +‎ duel

Noun

truel (plural truels)

  1. (game theory) A duel fought between three people.
    • 2014, Richard A. Epstein, The Theory of Gambling and Statistical Logic, Gulf Professional Publishing, →ISBN, page 324:
      To effect a yet more complex and challenging truel, we can void the simplification that each player knows his order of firing ab initio.
  2. (neologism) A conflict between three contending groups or ideas.
    (Can we add an example for this sense?)

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Galician

truel or trueiro

Etymology

From Old French truelle (“trowel”), diminutive of Latin trua (“ladle”).

Pronunciation

Noun

truel m (plural trueis)

  1. a fishing hand net or landing net (small net that is equipped with a handle and attached to a rim so that the net forms a pouch)
    Synonyms: ganapán, salabardo, trueiro

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References

  1. ^ Rivas Quintas, Eligio (2015). Dicionario etimolóxico da lingua galega. Santiago de Compostela: Tórculo. →ISBN, s.v. truel.
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