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n. A fold in cloth made by doubling the material upon itself and then pressing or stitching it into place.

v. To press or arrange in pleats: pleat a skirt; pleat curtains.

n. A fold in the fabric of a garment, as a part of the design of the garment, with the purpose of adding controlled fullness or taking up excess fabric. There are many types of pleats, differing in their construction and appearance.

v. To form one or more pleats in a piece of fabric or a garment.

noun-and-verb-transitive. See plait.

See plait.

n. any of various types of fold formed by doubling fabric back upon itself and then pressing or stitching into shape

v. fold into pleats,

v. pleat or gather into a ruffle

"The pleat is the signature of the Perry Ellis fashion house, dating back to the 1980s, when the shirt style was a hip status symbol."

pleated    pleating    pleats   

turn up    fold up    fold   

plait   

sunburst pleat    pencil pleat    knife pleat    inverted box pleat    box pleat    accordion pleat   

folk   

Crete    Deet    Delete    Fleet    Grete    Marguerite    Pete    Piet    Seat    Skeat   

knee-length    woolen    baggy    quilted    brocaded    cream-colored    filmy    frilly    off-white    sleeveless