pleat
noun
a fold of definite, even width made by doubling cloth or the like upon itself and pressing or stitching it in place.
unpleated
-
a word derived from
pleat.
Example Sentences
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Gigli creates individual pieces -- a lovely evening dress of elasticized linen, for example, that hangs like an unpleated Fortuny -- and fits them into a whole.
From Time Magazine Archive
With the outer surface of the skin held to this pleated square by a special adhesive, Dr. Meek simply stretches the dressing, first in one direction, then the other, so that it comes unpleated.
From Time Magazine Archive
She had been washing the dinner dishes; the towel lay across her lap, and her fingers pleated and unpleated the bit of coarse linen.
From A Singer from the Sea by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr
Beneath their blue tunics were unpleated kilts or skirts, of a kind of blue tartan, p. 155reaching to their knees.
From Cupid in Africa by P. C. Wren
The first change from the full pleated ruff of the sixteenth century came in the adoption of a richly laced collar, unpleated, which still stood up behind the ears at the back of the head.
From Two Centuries of Costume in America, Volume 1 (1620-1820) by Alice Morse Earle
