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UK
/plˈiːt/
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[ US /ˈpɫit/ ]
[ US /ˈpɫit/ ]
VERB
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pleat or gather into a ruffle
ruffle the curtain fabric -
fold into pleats
Pleat the cloth
NOUN
- any of various types of fold formed by doubling fabric back upon itself and then pressing or stitching into shape
How To Use pleat In A Sentence
- Press the pleats with the stitching centred over the tapes to form two inverted pleats on the right side of the blind. Collins Complete Books of Soft Furnishings
- Adz mile purr our less den lite speed butin too teh remote. dere. nao it kumpleat. Hmmm. You make - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?
- Her skirt was orange pleated, and barely covered the tops of her thighs.
- Pin fabric pleats together at each side. Collins Complete Books of Soft Furnishings
- That is why I was so surprised one night when she came into the living room wearing high heels and a mini skirt with side pleats so high I could see she might not be wearing underwear.
- Both Ms. Rahm and Mr. Collins remarked on the high quality of the Target garments 'construction, particularly in the pleated Thakoon cotton dress, with very detailed stitching in its full skirt, and a velveteen Sarafpour skirt that had trapunto stitching along the satin waistband. Do Discount Designer Duds Make The Grade?
- The booth I was sitting in was pleather and red, and reeked of ketchup and mustard.
- And here we are in these floor-length indigo-dyed cotton culottes that have 25 pleats in them, and this sort of heavyweight double-stitched cotton top.
- As we progressed we found ourselves climbing down steeper and higher dry waterfalls, most of which provided a fissure, a runnel, a pleat of rock or an overhanging crag that allowed a relatively easy descent. Richard Bangs: Climbing the Killer Prince -- Merapi Volcano of Java, Part 2
- … 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’