three-pile
English
Noun
three-pile (uncountable)
- (obsolete) The finest and most costly kind of velvet, with a fine, thick pile.
- Shakespeare
- I have served Prince Florizel and in my time wore three-pile.
- Shakespeare
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for three-pile in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)