dreikanter [drahy-kahn-ter] Word Origin noun, plural drei·kan·ters, drei·kan·ter.
- a pebble or boulder having three faces formed by the action of windblown sand.
Origin of dreikanter 1900–05; German, equivalent to drei three + Kante edge + -er -er1 British Dictionary definitions for dreikanter dreikanter noun
- a pebble, common in desert areas, typically having three curved faces shaped by wind-blown sand
Word Origin for dreikanter C20: from German: three-edged thing