multi-ply

[ muhl-tee-plahy, muhl-tahy- ]

adjective

1. having or composed of several plies:

   a multi-ply fabric.

Word History and Origins

Origin of multi-ply¹

First recorded in 1935–40

Example Sentences

"Multi-ply masks do work, and they work best if they fit tightly to the face."

From Salon

Previous reports into the environmental impact of toilet paper have found American desire for super-soft multi-ply toilet paper to be “worse than Hummers” for the environment.

From The Guardian

Anything above that is a marketing ploy where manufacturers use multi-ply yarns instead of stronger single-ply ones.

From Los Angeles Times

In the eighteen-seventies, cities were infamous for using ballots printed on multi-ply tissue paper in order to multiply candidates’ votes.

From The New Yorker

The Innermost Circle met, and for a space of time which would have been very long indeed for any Earthly mind those monstrous being considered as one multi-ply intelligence every newly-exposed phase and facet of the truth.

From Project Gutenberg