three-pile en · NOUN
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(obsolete, uncountable) The finest and most costly kind of velvet, with a fine, thick pile.
I have served Prince Florizel and in my time wore three-pile.
c. 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Winters Tale”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iii]: