† terpoileadj.
Scottish. Obsolete.
Of patterned velvet, etc.: Three-pile; pile upon pile.
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terpoile1489
thrummed1535
plushed1594
woolled1600
shagged1649
velvet-pile1851
1489 in T. Dickson Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1877) I. 135 v elne and a half of terpoile veluus for a halff lang gowne to the King.
?1553 (c1501) G. Douglas Palice of Honour (London) i. l. 542 in Shorter Poems (1967) 40 Satyn figuris.., Damesflure, tere, pyle [1579 Edinb. tere pyle, quhairon] quhare on thair lyis Perle.
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