The Collaborative International Dictionary
Three-piled
Three-piled \Three"-piled`\, a.
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Having the quality of three-pile; best; most costly. [R.]
Thou art good velvet; thou 'rt three-piled piece.
--Shak. Fig.: Extravagant; exaggerated; high-flown. ``Three-piled hyperboles.''
--Shak.Accustomed to wearing three-pile; hence, of high rank, or wealth. [Obs.] ``Three-piled people.''
--Beau. & Fl.
Usage examples of "three-piled".
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!