pleating to the stripe

English

Noun

Pipe band with kilts pleated to the stripe (military pleating)

pleating to the stripe (uncountable)

1. A system of pleating a kilt in which a particular vertical stripe of the tartan pattern is selected and the pleats are arranged so that this chosen stripe runs down the center of each pleat.

Synonyms

• military pleating

Coordinate terms

• pleating to the sett

References

• Barbara Tewksbury and Elsie Stuehmeyer, The Art of Kiltmaking (Celtic Dragon Press, Deansboro, NY, 2001, →ISBN