Emily Dickinson Lexicon

TRIP'LE, a. [Fr. from L. triplex, triplus; tres and plico, to fold.]

1. Threefold; consisting of three united; as, a triple knot; a triple tie. By thy triple shape as thou art seen. Dryden.
2. Treble; three times repeated. [See Treble.] Triple time, in music, is that in which each bar is divided into three measures or equal parts, as three minims, three crotchets, three quavers, &c.