TRIP'LE, adjective [Latin 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 are seen--

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, etc.

TRIP'LE, verb transitive To treble; to make threefold or thrice as much or as many. [Usually written treble.]