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pleated

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pleat  (plt)
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.]
pleater n.
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pleat
pleated skirt
Translations
pleated [ˈpliːtɪd] adj [skirt] → plissé(e)
pleated
adj → gefältelt, Falten-; pleated skirt → Faltenrock m


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For you see no one point precisely; not one distinct feature is revealed; no nose, eyes, ears, or mouth; no face; he has none, proper; nothing but that one broad firmament of a forehead, pleated with riddles; dumbly lowering with the doom of boats, and ships, and men.
Moby Dick LXVIII-CXXXIV by Melville, Herman View in context
On her white shirtwaist was a pleated jabot of cheap lace, caught with a large novelty pin of imitation coral.
The Valley of the Moon by London, Jack View in context
You may see in certain Flemish pictures the wives of burgomasters cut out by nature on the same pattern and wonderfully reproduced on canvas; but these dames wear fine robes of velvet and precious stuffs, whereas Madame Saillard possessed no robes, only that venerable garment called in Touraine and Picardy "cottes," elsewhere petticoats, or skirts pleated behind and on each side, with other skirts hanging over them.
Bureaucracy by de Balzac, Honore View in context
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