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pleat

[pleet]
–noun
1. a fold of definite, even width made by doubling cloth or the like upon itself and pressing or stitching it in place.
–verb (used with object)
2. to fold or arrange in pleats.
Also, plait.


Origin:
1325–75; ME; var. of plait


pleater, noun
pleatless, adjective
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n.  A fold in cloth made by doubling the material upon itself and then pressing or stitching it into place.
tr.v.   pleat·ed, pleat·ing, pleats
To press or arrange in pleats: pleat a skirt; pleat curtains.

[Middle English plet, variant of plait, pleat, fold; see plait.]
pleat'er n.
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Word Origin & History

pleat 
1570, used as the verb version of plait (q.v.). Later (1581) as a noun.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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