three-fold

US: (thrē′fōld′)

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three-fold  (thrē′fōld′), n. 

1. Show Business a unit of stage scenery consisting of three flats hinged together.

three•fold  (thrē′fōld′), adj. 

1. comprising three parts, members, or aspects;
   triple:
   a threefold program.
2. three times as great or as much;
   treble:
   a threefold return on an investment.

adv. 

3. in threefold manner or measure;
   trebly.

• Middle English threfold, Old English thrīfeald. See three, -fold bef. 1000