"three-ply" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1946 November and December, “New L.M.S.R. Royal Coaches”, in Railway Magazine, page 371:",
          "text": "The vestibule ceilings are of three-ply, in removable sections to give access to the air-conditioning units, filters, and Pullman gangway control springs situated above.",
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          "ref": "1961 February, “Talking of Trains: New L.T. research laboratory”, in Trains Illustrated, page 77:",
          "text": "It has been found that although the two-ply moquette used in L.T. train upholstery was of equal weight to the three-ply fabric used in L.T. buses, the bus fabric had 50 per cent longer life, and accordingly it is now being used also for trains.",
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        "Having three strands or layers"
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        {
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "troxslajovy",
          "sense": "having three strands or layers",
          "word": "трохслаёвы"
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          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "troxplastóvy",
          "sense": "having three strands or layers",
          "word": "трохпласто́вы"
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "having three strands or layers",
          "word": "háromrétegű"
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        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "having three strands or layers",
          "word": "trilīx"
        },
        {
          "code": "gv",
          "lang": "Manx",
          "note": "of yarn",
          "sense": "having three strands or layers",
          "word": "tree filley"
        },
        {
          "code": "gv",
          "lang": "Manx",
          "sense": "having three strands or layers",
          "word": "tree illit"
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        {
          "code": "gv",
          "lang": "Manx",
          "note": "of wood",
          "sense": "having three strands or layers",
          "word": "tree straihagh"
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        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "having three strands or layers",
          "word": "trzywarstwowy"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "having three strands or layers",
          "word": "trójwarstwowy"
        },
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "trjoxslójnyj",
          "sense": "having three strands or layers",
          "word": "трёхсло́йный"
        },
        {
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "having three strands or layers",
          "word": "tatlong kapal"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "tryšaróvyj",
          "sense": "having three strands or layers",
          "word": "тришаро́вий"
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      "roman": "troxslajovy",
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      "word": "трохслаёвы"
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      "code": "be",
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      "roman": "troxplastóvy",
      "sense": "having three strands or layers",
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "having three strands or layers",
      "word": "háromrétegű"
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      "sense": "having three strands or layers",
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      "code": "gv",
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      "note": "of yarn",
      "sense": "having three strands or layers",
      "word": "tree filley"
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      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "having three strands or layers",
      "word": "tree illit"
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      "sense": "having three strands or layers",
      "word": "tree straihagh"
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      "sense": "having three strands or layers",
      "word": "trzywarstwowy"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "having three strands or layers",
      "word": "trójwarstwowy"
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      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "trjoxslójnyj",
      "sense": "having three strands or layers",
      "word": "трёхсло́йный"
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      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "having three strands or layers",
      "word": "tatlong kapal"
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "tryšaróvyj",
      "sense": "having three strands or layers",
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  "word": "three-ply"
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