has been pleating

• present perfect progressive

  present perfect progressive

  Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.

  of pleat (3rd person singular).
  pleat

  noun

  a fold of definite, even width made by doubling cloth or the like upon itself and pressing or stitching it in place.

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