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dreikanter in British English
(ˈdraɪkæntə)
noun
a pebble, common in desert areas, typically having three curved faces shaped by wind-blown sand
Word origin
C20: from German: three-edged thingdreikanter in American English
(ˈdraiˌkɑːntər)
nounWord forms: plural -ters or -ter
a pebble or boulder having three faces formed by the action of windblown sand
Word origin
[1900–05; ‹ G, equiv. to drei three + Kante edge + -er -er1]This word is first recorded in the period 1900–05. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Young Turk, elder statesman, hookup, hormone, internship-er is a suffix used in forming nouns designating persons from the object of their occupationor labor (hatter; tiler; tinner; moonshiner), or from their place of origin or abode (Icelander; southerner; villager), or designating either persons or things from some special characteristic or circumstance(six-footer; three-master; teetotaler; fiver; tenner)Image ofdreikanter
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