three-piece

[three-pees]

adjective

1. Clothing.,  consisting of three matching or harmonious pieces, as an ensemble of coat, skirt, and blouse for a woman or a suit of a jacket, vest, and pair of trousers for a man.

2. having three parts.

noun

1. a three-piece ensemble or suit.

three-piece

adjective

1. having three pieces, esp (of a suit, suite, etc) consisting of three matching parts

noun

1. a three-piece suite, suit, etc

Word History and Origins

Origin of three-piece¹

First recorded in 1905–10

Example Sentences

De Wever, a cat-loving ex-mayor of Antwerp known for his three-piece suits, is hoping his pressure tactics pay off and he can solve the deadlock.

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Rossi continued to insist at a series of court hearings - which he usually attended in an electric wheelchair, wearing an oxygen mask, hat and three-piece suit - that he was the victim of mistaken identity.

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Sir David, 50, was dressed in a grey three-piece suit made by his fashion designer wife, which was inspired by a suit King Charles wore when he was younger.

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He made a series of bizarre court appearances in Scotland - in a wheelchair, wearing a three-piece suit and an oxygen mask, maintaining his claim of mistaken identity.

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The blanks for his three-piece flatware set, Traynor tells me over the phone, are based on a set of Korean flatware he unearthed, piece-by-piece, serendipitously, from those terrifying thrift store cutlery bins.

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