Word Meanings - THREE-PLY - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Consisting of three distinct webs inwrought together in weaving, as cloth or carpeting; having three strands; threefold.
Related words: (words related to THREE-PLY)
- THREE-SQUARE
Having a cross section in the form of an equilateral triangle; -- said especially of a kind of file. - HAVENED
Sheltered in a haven. Blissful havened both from joy and pain. Keats. - CARPET
packing cloth, rug , LL. carpeta, carpita, woolly cloths, fr. L. carpere to pluck, to card ; cf. 1. A heavy woven or felted fabric, usually of wool, but also of cotton, hemp, straw, etc.; esp. a floor covering made in breadths to be - DISTINCTNESS
1. The quality or state of being distinct; a separation or difference that prevents confusion of parts or things. The soul's . . . distinctness from the body. Cudworth. 2. Nice discrimination; hence, clearness; precision; as, he stated - HAVENER
A harbor master. - CARPETBAG
A portable bag for travelers; -- so called because originally made of carpet. - THREE-MILE
Of or pertaining to three miles; as, the three-mile limit, or the limit of the marine belt of three miles included in territorial waters of a state. - CONSISTENTLY
In a consistent manner. - THREE-PILE
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. - THREE-DECKER
A vessel of war carrying guns on three decks. - HAVELOCK
A light cloth covering for the head and neck, used by soldiers as a protection from sunstroke. - THREE-SIDED
Having three sides, especially three plane sides; as, a three- sided stem, leaf, petiole, peduncle, scape, or pericarp. - CONSIST
1. To stand firm; to be in a fixed or permanent state, as a body composed of parts in union or connection; to hold together; to be; to exist; to subsist; to be supported and maintained. He is before all things, and by him all things consist. Col. - DISTINCTURE
Distinctness. - THREE-CORNERED
Having three prominent longitudinal angles; as, a three- cornered stem. (more info) 1. Having three corners, or angles; as, a three-cornered hat. - DISTINCTIVENESS
State of being distinctive. - WEAVER
A weaver bird. (more info) 1. One who weaves, or whose occupation is to weave. "Weavers of linen." P. Plowman. - CONSISTORIAN
Pertaining to a Presbyterian consistory; -- a contemptuous term of 17th century controversy. You fall next on the consistorian schismatics; for so you call Presbyterians. Milton. - CARPETING
1. The act of covering with carpets. 2. Cloth or materials for carpets; carpets, in general. The floor was covered with rich carpeting. Prescott. - THREE-PORT
Having three ports; specif.: Designating a type of two-cycle internal-combustion engine in which the mixture enters the crank case through a port uncovered by the piston near the end of its stroke. - SAILCLOTH
Duck or canvas used in making sails. - SATIN WEAVE
A style of weaving producing smooth-faced fabric in which the warp interlaces with the filling at points distributed over the surface. - BEDCLOTHES
Blankets, sheets, coverlets, etc., for a bed. Shak. - CONTRADISTINCT
Distinguished by opposite qualities. J. Goodwin. - UNDISTINCTLY
Indistinctly. - UNWEAVE
To unfold; to undo; to ravel, as what has been woven. - HEARSECLOTH
A cloth for covering a coffin when on a bier; a pall. Bp. Sanderson. - BREECHCLOTH
A cloth worn around the breech. - INDISTINCTION
Want of distinction or distinguishableness; confusion; uncertainty; indiscrimination. The indistinction of many of the same name . . . hath made some doubt. Sir T. Browne. An indistinction of all persons, or equality of all orders, is far from being