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  • verb Present participle of pleat.
  • noun An action or arrangement in which something is pleated.

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  • noun the act of folding in parallel folds

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Examples

  • The pleating may be caught together at top and bottom of box pleat, and it is then known as _rose pleating_.

    Make Your Own Hats Gene Allen Martin

  • This is the time to prove your worth, because no matter how accessible I have promised to be, there will come a time when I will begin to reject your phone calls pleating for long distance assistance.

    rainandfire Diary Entry rainandfire 2005

  • Indeed, Mr. Tait has persuasively combined sports and couture in a different way and the pleating is an imaginative way to give texture and a sense of energy to the clothes while being very much about craft.

    NYT > Home Page By CATHY HORYN 2011

  • Some have beading and lace while others are decorated with intricate pleating, which is why Wilson refers to much of the late

    Columbia Missourian: Latest Articles 2009

  • Some have beading and lace while others are decorated with intricate pleating, which is why Wilson refers to much of the late

    Columbia Missourian: Latest Articles 2009

  • "It's a kind of pleating," explained Dorothy, putting down the dog.

    Love Letters 2010

  • Associated Press Details such as pleating in the front of this gold shirt made simple pieces unique.

    On the Runway: Marni 2008

  • "It's a kind of pleating," explained Dorothy, putting down the dog.

    The Road to Oz 1887

  • "It's a kind of pleating," explained Dorothy, putting down the dog.

    The Road to Oz 1887

  • Look at how the pleating in the Virgin's headdress and halo is matched by the pattern of the rocks behind her head: brilliant artificiality or naive conceit?

    Gopnik's Daily Pic: Bacchiacca in Baltimore Blake Gopnik 2010

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