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Pleat   /plit/   Listen
Pleat

noun
1.
Any of various types of fold formed by doubling fabric back upon itself and then pressing or stitching into shape.  Synonym: plait.



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"Pleat" Quotes from Famous Books



... differences of opinion continue to arise, but doubtless the language in which they are conducted is seemlier if no less deadly.) The store-orderly had a marvellous eye for the difference between two kinds of shirts which are worn by our patients. One kind has a pleat in the back, the other kind hasn't; and I confess I occasionally transposed them, on the form. It was fatal to do so. There was a separate line for each brand of shirt and there must be a separate entry. The store-orderly's trained powers ...
— Observations of an Orderly - Some Glimpses of Life and Work in an English War Hospital • Ward Muir



Words linked to "Pleat" :   tuck, turn up, bend, fold up, fold, flexure, plication, crimp, crease



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