two-pileadj.
/ˈtuːpʌɪl/ Applied to velvet in which the loops of the pile-warp are formed by two threads, producing a pile of double thickness: see pile n.5 6, and cf. three-pile adj.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from silk > [adjective] > velvet > with specific type of pile
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1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Poil Velours à deux poils, two-pile Veluet.
Derivatives
two-piled adj. (in quot. figurative, cf. three-piled adj.1 2).
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from silk > [adjective] > velvet > with specific type of pile
three-piled1605
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two-piled1680
1680 J. Dryden Kind Keeper i. i. 7 Then she's a two-pil'd Punk, a Punk of two Descents.
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