Threefold \Three"fold`\, a. [OE. [thorn]reofald; cf. AS. [thorn]r[=i]feald.]

Consisting of three, or thrice repeated; triple; as, threefold justice.

A threefold cord is not quickly broken. --Eccl. iv. 12.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)