three-ply

How to use three-ply in a sentence

• Through these holes the cord was passed, and when tied, formed a powerful stitch of three-ply.

  The Coral Island | R.M. Ballantyne

• Another type of machine automatically manufactures two and three-ply paper cans such as are used widely for cereal packages.

  All About Coffee | William H. Ukers

• The anterior and posterior lobes of the plastron had been folded over the bridge, forming a three-ply thickness of bone.

  A New Extinct Emydid Turtle from the Lower Pliocene of Oklahoma | Edwin C. Galbreath

• The modern case has a bottom made of three-ply wood, the middle layer having the grain across that of the other two.

  Type Cases and Composing-room furniture | A. A. Stewart

• I have described how the ends of the blanket are bordered with a stout three-ply string applied to the folds of the warp.

  Navajo weavers | Washington Matthews