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Pleat

//pliːt// name, noun, verb

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
Noun
  1. 1
    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.
  2. 2
    any of various types of fold formed by doubling fabric back upon itself and then pressing or stitching into shape wordnet
  3. 3
    A similar fold in a filter, lampshade, or various other products.
  4. 4
    A fold in an organ, usually a longitudinal fold in a long leaf such as that of palmetto, lending it stiffness.
  5. 5
    A plait.
Verb
  1. 1
    To form one or more pleats in a piece of fabric or a garment. transitive
  2. 2
    fold into pleats wordnet
  3. 3
    To plait.

    "pleat my hair"

  4. 4
    pleat or gather into a ruffle wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English, from a variant of plait, from Old French pleit. Doublet of plait.

Etymology 2

From Middle English, from a variant of plait, from Old French pleit. Doublet of plait.

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