pleat

Significado (Inglés)

Noun

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. A fold in an organ, usually a longitudinal fold in a long leaf such as that of palmetto, lending it stiffness.
3. A plait.

Verb

1. To form one or more pleats in a piece of fabric or a garment.
2. To plait.

Conceptos

plegar

fruncir

pliegue

plisar

doblez

tablear

zangamanga

fruncido

alforza

dobladura

frunce

pegar algo cosiendo

arrugar

coser sin esmero

funcir

plisado

doblar

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/pliːt/

Etimología (Inglés)

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