单词 | pleated |
释义 | pleatedadj. Made with pleats; that has been folded or stitched into pleats; (also) that resembles a garment with pleats, wrinkled. Formerly also (now rare): = plaited adj. 2.accordion-, box-, knife-, sun-ray pleated: see the first element. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > folding or folded condition > [adjective] > arranged in folds or pleated rideledc1400 plaited1440 rivelled1482 pleated1483 pinched1500 plighted1502 plightc1530 tucked1530 well-plighted1590 furbelowc1680 quilled1694 1483 Catholicon Anglicum (BL Add. 89074) (1881) 284 Pletyd, jntricatus, jnvolutus. 1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear i. 271 Time shal vnfould what pleated [1623 plighted] cunning hides. View more context for this quotation 1658 J. Rowland tr. T. Moffett Theater of Insects in Topsell's Hist. Four-footed Beasts (rev. ed.) 1023 Whereever it finds a rivled pleated skin, it will cause very great pain. 1776 E. M. da Costa Elements Conchol. x. 194 None have a pillar or columella lip; though in some, as the Persian Crowns and Melons, the columella or pillar itself is wrinkled or pleated. 1881 Truth 19 May 686/2 The train is of pleated sky-blue satin. 1930 Morning Post 8 Aug. 6 Some dresses have peplums or pleated basques. 1963 N. Bawden Secret Passage ix. 133 Her voice was sleepy and her soft, pleated mouth sagged a little. 2001 Financial Times 27 Jan. (Weekend Suppl.) p. xi/2 A devoré skirt and top are trimmed with pleated raspberry velvet. 2002 Daily Record (Glasgow) (Nexis) 23 Oct. 52 His hallmark is his pleated hair which he dyes in the colour of whichever team he's playing for. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.1483 |
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