kilt pleat

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noun

a large vertical pleat overlapping one adjoining pleat and being overlapped by the other, as on a kilt.

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Words nearby kilt pleat

kilt, kilted, kilter, kiltie, kilting, kilt pleat, Kilung, Kilvert, Kim, Kimball, kimbap

How to use kilt pleat in a sentence

Excuse me, I have to get the keffiyeh out of my dusty suitcase and pack a kilt.
Up to a Point: A Free Scotland Would Be a Hilarious Disaster|P. J. O’Rourke|September 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Peter," he said, "the city truck done run over yer dog and kilt him dead.
The Stacks: A Dog Dies, a Boy Grows Up|Pete Dexter|June 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
You look at a structured coat from the front, and then from the back you see this beautiful pleat.
Fashion’s Most Powerful Women: Victoria Beckham & Diane von Furstenberg Show at New York Fashion Week|Erin Cunningham|February 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Some have one pleat on each leg rather than double pleats, for example.
Back Away From the Pleats!|Justin Green|October 11, 2012|DAILY BEAST

A few feet away was Marc Jacobs, wearing a plaid kilt, in a clear tip of the hat to McQueen.
Alexander McQueen Exhibit: Fashion's Big Night|Robin Givhan, Jacob Bernstein|May 3, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Now, Highland regiments had fought in India for many a year before the Mutiny, and the kilt was no new thing in native eyes.
The Red Year|Louis Tracy
We can't fall upon luck of any sort—good, bad or indifferent—that is where I'm broke and spiled and kilt hintirely.
It Is Never Too Late to Mend|Charles Reade
Ef he done kilt dat woman, de white folks goin' to git him sho'ly—sho'ly.
The Winning Clue|James Hay, Jr.
It was hard to convince th' nation that they hadn't lost th' war with Rooshya because not so many Rooshyans had been kilt as Japs.
Mr. Dooley Says|Finley Dunne
But the thought of gettin' kilt before ever I'd made you Mrs. Murphy was too much for me.
Mary Gray|Katharine Tynan