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Pleat meaning
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. | A similar fold in a filter, lampshade, or various other products. | A fold in an organ, usually a longitudinal fold in a long leaf such as that of palmetto, lending it stiffness.
Example sentences (11)
A knife pleat is a simple fold, while the box pleat is bulkier, consisting of two knife pleats back-to-back.
The depth is the part of the pleat which is folded under the overlying pleat.
This class will teach you how to make the dough, as well as the filling, plus how to fold, cool and pleat the dumplings.
It could be your job to ensure you might be sewing the best type of pleat skirt on your costume!
This printed maxi dress from Onjenu London features 3/4 length sleeves, a flattering wrap-style bodice that ties at the waist and pleat detailing on the skirt.
Before the serious stuff, Pleat took the curious decision to fulfil a promise to play a testimonial game at Watford on the Tuesday night.
Any pleat is characterized by depth and width.
For a full kilt, 8 yards of fabric would be used regardless of size and the number of pleats and depth of pleat would be adjusted according to their size.
In pleating to the stripe, one of the vertical stripes in the tartan is selected and the fabric is then folded so that this stripe runs down the center of each pleat.
The team which Pleat assembled at Kenilworth Road was notable at the time for the number of black players it included; during an era when many English squads were almost entirely white, Luton often fielded a mostly black team.
This is done by taking up one full sett in each pleat, or two full setts if they are small.