Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- 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.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- See plait.
Wiktionary
- n. sewing 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. transitive To form one or more pleats in a piece of fabric or a garment.
GNU Webster's 1913
- See plait.
WordNet 3.0
- 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
Etymologies
- Middle English plet, variant of plait, pleat, fold; see plait. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“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.”
The Wall Street Journal: Pressing Shirt Sleeves With a Pleat
“I couldn't tell the difference between a "pleat" and the two things you keep between them.”
“The collection has the soft and flowing look, such as pleat skirt, frill shirt, winged halter dress, one-shoulder dress and hooded tunic smoothed on the waist.”
“At the King David Hotel, I changed into the dress I had inherited from my bubbe Mary—of her own design, it was beige with brown embroidered flowers, a darted bodice, and a lovely bowed kick pleat in the back.”
“… And history books are now pleat of their sins against America, too.”
Think Progress » Bill’s Late Father Irving Kristol: ‘My Poor Son Has Got It Wrong Again’
“History is pleat with examples of how societies oppress and control other human beings through degradation and disassociation to individual Liberties and Human Rights.”
“They are lined up facing the court, navy kick-pleat skirts, black and white saddle shoes, snowy white sweaters, largeSMSembroidered over their budding breasts.”
“By fashion standards, Alberta Ferretti's eyelash pleat dress on TV personality Cat Deeley and Monique Lhuillier's rose-covered ballgown, modeled by Garcelle Beauvais, were standouts.”
The Huffington Post: Dita Von Teese Struts At Heart Truth Fall 2011 Fashion Show (PHOTOS, POLL)
“In his introduction, King makes a pleat for readers to bring back to life short-story collections that are going the way of Dickens and James.”
“If you need to access storage underneath, add another pleat in the middle.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘pleat’.
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pendlerpiken's Words
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Haberdashery
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