In the meantime, coffee had been found and ground, someone had scurried about and found a house where milk could be had, and on an iron tripod that I had sense enough to bring along, water was set to boiling.
"My Home In The Field of Honor"
Frances Wilson Huard
The three sticks are tied together at one end and are used as a tripod for hanging the kettle in which the skins of the tongues are to be boiled.
"The Sun Dance of the Blackfoot Indians"
Clark Wissler
They were on the extreme edge of the forest when the final decision was reached, MacFarlane leaning against a rock, the level and tripod tilted against his arm, Jack sitting on a fallen tree, the map spread out on his knees.
"Peter A Novel of Which He is Not the Hero"
F. Hopkinson Smith