1. a metrical foot consisting of three short or unstressed syllables
Usage: poetry; prosody

Examples

• The poet used a tribrach in the third position of the line.
• A tribrach creates a light, rapid rhythm in verse.
• Students of classical poetry must learn to identify the tribrach.
• The tribrach is less common than the iamb or trochee.
• In scansion, mark each tribrach with three unstressed beats.
• The tribrach appears frequently in certain Greek meters.