unpleated
- a word derived from pleat.
Example Sentences
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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
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
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 Wren, P. C.
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 Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston
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 Earle, Alice Morse
