a. Applied to velvet in which the loops of the pile-warp are formed by two threads, producing a pile of double thickness: see PILE sb.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.
