PLEAT

pleat, plait

(noun) any of various types of fold formed by doubling fabric back upon itself and then pressing or stitching into shape

pleat, plicate

(verb) fold into pleats; “Pleat the cloth”

ruffle, pleat

(verb) pleat or gather into a ruffle; “ruffle the curtain fabric”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

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.

Verb

pleat (third-person singular simple present pleats, present participle pleating, simple past and past participle pleated)

(transitive) To form one or more pleats in a piece of fabric or a garment.

To plait.

Anagrams

• -petal, Patel, Plate, leapt, lepta, palet, pelta, petal, plate, platé, tepal

Source: Wiktionary


Pleat, n. & v. t.

Definition: See Plait.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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