pleat

A skirt with pleats.

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -iːt

Noun

pleat (plural pleats)

1. (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.
2. A plait.

Translations

a fold in a fabric of a garment

Finnish: vekki (fi) Hungarian: pliszé (hu), berakás (hu), ránc (hu), redő (hu) Icelandic: felling (is) f. Italian: piega (it) f.

Portuguese: plissado (pt) m., prega (pt) f. Serbian: plise (sr) Spanish: plisado (es) m. Swedish: plissé (sv) c., veck (sv) n.

Verb

pleat (third-person singular simple present pleats, present participle pleating, simple past and past participle pleated)

1. (transitive) To form one or more pleats in a piece of fabric or a garment.

Derived terms

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

Translations

To form pleats in a piece of fabric or garment

Finnish: vekittää (fi) Hungarian: berak (hu), redőz (hu), pliszíroz (hu)

Romanian: plisa (ro) Swedish: plissera (sv), vecka (sv)

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• Persian: چین (chin)

Anagrams

• leapt
• lepta
• Patel
• petal
• plate
• tepal