The Collaborative International Dictionary
Three-pile
Three-pile \Three"-pile`\, n. An old name for the finest and most costly kind of velvet, having a fine, thick pile.
I have served Prince Florizel and in my time wore
three-pile.
--Shak.
Wiktionary
three-pile
n. (context obsolete English) The finest and most costly kind of velvet, with a fine, thick pile.
Usage examples of "three-pile".
The cable hat-band, or the three-piled ruff, A yard of shoe-tie, or the Switzers knot On his French garters, should affect a humour!