Meaning & use
Pleat
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A fold in fabric made by doubling it back on itself and pressing or stitching it in place.
See it in a sentence
The skirt featured a row of neat pleats around the waist.
She ironed a sharp pleat into each leg of his trousers.
A note on using this word
Also used as a verb meaning to fold fabric this way, as in 'the tailor pleated the skirt.'
Words with a similar meaning
foldcrease
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Another way to use it
2. verb
To fold fabric into pleats.
The seamstress pleated the curtain before hanging it.
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