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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Three-piled a.
 1. Having the quality of three-pile; best; most costly. [R.]
    Thou art good velvet; thou 'rt three-piled piece.   --Shak.
 2. Fig.: Extravagant; exaggerated; high-flown. Three-piled hyperboles.”
 3. Accustomed to wearing three-pile; hence, of high rank, or wealth. [Obs.] Three-piled people.”