two-pile, a.
(ˈtuːpaɪl)
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 2, and cf. three-pile. Also two-piled a. (in quot. fig.: cf. three-piled 2).
| 1611 Cotgr. s.v. Poil, Velours à deux poils, two-pile Veluet. 1678 Dryden Limberham i. i, Then she's a two-pil'd Punk, a Punk of two Descents. |