inverted pleat

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noun

a reverse box pleat, having the flat fold turned in.

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Origin of inverted pleat

First recorded in 1910–15

Words nearby inverted pleat

invertase, invertebrate, invertebrates, inverted comma, inverted mordent, inverted pleat, inverted snob, inverter, invertible, invertible counterpoint, invertor

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How to use inverted pleat in a sentence

The flier itself shows an inverted Islamic State flag, with Arabic script below it.
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You look at a structured coat from the front, and then from the back you see this beautiful pleat.
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The painting is mostly a bone-colored affair, as the background overwhelms the inverted spiral of the levels of Hell.
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The EP-3E immediately flips over into a nearly completely inverted dive.
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It is not compassionate, it is not wise, and it reflects a completely inverted sense of priorities.
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It is only necessary to have a zinc, or a galvanized tray on which to stand the glass in an inverted position.
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A world of sky and water, with ships and boats, resting on their own inverted images, in the midst.
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Um could reach the highest shelf without standing on an inverted rice-pot, or the even more precarious fish-cleaning bench.
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I carry the pile to the table provided with an iron post, about eighteen inches high, topped with a small inverted disk.
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There may be a sort of inverted vanity in refusing fair play to a power, on that ground.
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British Dictionary definitions for inverted pleat

inverted pleat

noun

dressmaking a box pleat reversed so that the fullness of the material is turned inwards

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