pleat
See also: Pleat
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English, from a variant of plait, from Old French pleit.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
pleat (plural pleats)
- (sewing) A fold in the fabric of a garment, usually a skirt, as a part of the design of the garment, with the purpose of adding controlled fullness and freedom of movement, or taking up excess fabric. There are many types of pleats, differing in their construction and appearance.
- (botany) A fold in an organ, usually a longitudinal fold in a long leaf such as that of palmetto, lending it stiffness.
- A plait.
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Translations edit
fold in a fabric of a garment
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plait — see plait
Verb edit
pleat (third-person singular simple present pleats, present participle pleating, simple past and past participle pleated)
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Translations edit
To form pleats in a piece of fabric or garment
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