[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 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.