pleat
A fold in the fabric of a garment, usually a skirt, as a part of the design of the…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.
» I bought a white, pleated skirt.
Я купила белую плиссированную юбку.
Meaning
4 sensesA 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.
Falte
скла́дкаskládka
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.
A plait.
- any of various types of fold formed by doubling fabric back upon itself and then pressing or stitching into shape
Examples
4 sentencesI bought a white, pleated skirt.
ruЯ купила белую плиссированную юбку.
Rima always wore a pleated skirt.
Did you know that the proper way to wear a cummerbund is with the pleats facing upward?
Pleated skirts with attached inner shorts are often the preferred choice of bottoms among female tennis and golf players.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English, from a variant of plait, from Old French pleit. Doublet of plait.From Middle English, from a variant of plait, from Old French pleit. Doublet of plait.
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Forms
plural: pleatsSynonyms
1 synonyms- any of various types of fold formed by doubling fabric back upon itself and then pressing or stitching into shape:plait