pleat

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun any of various types of fold formed by doubling fabric back upon itself and then pressing or stitching into shape
verb pleat or gather into a ruffle
verb fold into pleats,

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

=pliegue=, m., fold or pleat; gathers. — The Spanish American Reader, Ernesto Nelson
The gleaming net folded back on itself, made three pleats, made three great lines of battle. — The Long Roll, Mary Johnston
Anthea stood pleating the end of the tablecloth into folds—she seemed earnestly anxious to get all the pleats the same size. — The Story of the Amulet, E. (Edith) Nesbit

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