pleat

Meaning

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.

Concepts

pleat

fold

plait

crease

tuck

pucker

wrinkle

ruffle

gather

purse

squeeze

plicate

layer

drape

braid

gather a fabric in folds

ridge

crimp

bend

furrow

frounce

attach

clasp

fasten

waistline

wrinkles

Pronounced as (IPA)

/pliːt/

Etymology

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