three-piece

American  

[three-pees] / ˈθriˈpis /

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.

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noun

1. a three-piece ensemble or suit.

three-piece British  

adjective

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

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noun

1. a three-piece suite, suit, etc

Etymology

Origin of three-piece

First recorded in 1905–10

Example Sentences

Back in the old days of the trusts, it would be the proverbial smoke-filled room with a bunch of fat dudes in three piece suits, smoking cigars, fixing prices.

From New York Times • Mar. 20, 2023

I wore a three piece suit with a bow tie and a watch chain.

From Slate • Mar. 2, 2018

In the main room a three piece band called AMP is playing their own brand of experimental jazz - piano, drums, and double bass.

From BBC • Nov. 24, 2015

Then the ad men in the other telling us tales of gadgets and three piece suites, twinkling goods through which we can express ourselves.

From Salon • Sep. 7, 2014

This three piece communion service now at St. John's Church, Elizabeth City Parish, Hampton, Virginia, has the longest history of use in the United States of any church silver.

From Religious Life of Virginia in the Seventeenth Century The Faith of Our Fathers by Brydon, G. MacLaren (George MacLaren)