| 释义 |
pleat
I. \ˈplēt, usu -ēd.+V\ transitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Middle English pleten — more at plait
1. : fold; especially : to form, crease, or arrange in pleats or folds similar to pleats
< pleat a skirt >
< pleat a ruffle >
2. : plait 2
II. noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English plete — more at plait
1.
a. : a creased or uncreased fold in cloth made by doubling material over on itself to form a section of three thicknesses, stitched, attached, or held along one side from which it hangs or flares free — see box pleat, inverted pleat, kick pleat
b. : something resembling such a fold
< a pleat of skin >
< a great flat acreage of sand, molded into endless neat pleats by the previous night's tides — Gerald Durrell >
2. : a double fold especially in paper or leather (as in the accordion fold used typically on endpapers and in the pockets of books)
III. adjective
: pleated |