ply : Idioms & Phrases

• adjective of or relating to an older kind of automobile tire that had a flexible tread and relatively stiff sidewalls
  

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• adjective satellite having a thickness made up of four layers or strands
  
  • four-ply yarns

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• adjective of or relating to automobile tires that have a strip under the tread and relatively little stiffening in the sidewalls
  
  • radial-ply tires

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• noun pneumatic tire that has radial-ply casing
  radial tire; radial.
  

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• adjective satellite having a thickness made up of three layers or strands
  
  • three-ply cloth
  • three-ply yarn

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Three"-ply` adjective

Definitions

1. Consisting of three distinct webs inwrought together in weaving, as cloth or carpeting; having three strands; threefold.

Webster 1913

• adjective satellite having a thickness made up of two layers or strands
  

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Two"-ply` adjective

Definitions

1. Consisting of two thicknesses, as cloth; double.
2. Woven double, as cloth or carpeting, by incorporating two sets of warp thread and two of weft.

Webster 1913