Definition of Pleating

1. Noun. The act of folding in parallel folds.

Exact synonyms: Plication
Generic synonyms: Fold, Folding
Derivative terms: Pleat, Plicate

Definition of Pleating

1. Verb. (present participle of pleat) ¹

2. Noun. An action or arrangement in which something is pleated. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Pleating

1. pleat [v] - See also: pleat

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pleating

pleasurefully
pleasureless
pleasurer
pleasurers
pleasures
pleasuring
pleasurist
pleasurists
pleasurization
pleat
pleated
pleater
pleaters
pleather
pleathers
pleating (current term)
pleating to the sett
pleating to the stripe
pleatings
pleatless
pleatlike
pleats
pleb
plebbier
plebbiest
plebby
plebe
plebean
plebeian
plebeiance

Literary usage of Pleating

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Observations, Relative Chiefly to Picturesque Beauty, Made in the Year 1772 by William Gilpin (1792)
"... In fo variegated a country, as England, there are few parts, which do not afford many pleating, ..."

2. Heavenly Pastime, Or, Pleasant Observations on All the Most Remarkable by John Dunton (1685)
"( only be pleating to your admirer, and Life ana Death fhal! bang upon your breath. Aha. О now you charm me more than ever ! now ..."

3. Observations, Relative Chiefly to Picturesque Beauty, Made in the Year 1772 by William Gilpin (1792)
"... In fo variegated a country, as England, there are few parts, which do not afford many pleating, ..."

4. Heavenly Pastime, Or, Pleasant Observations on All the Most Remarkable by John Dunton (1685)
"( only be pleating to your admirer, and Life ana Death fhal! bang upon your breath. Aha. О now you charm me more than ever ! now ..."

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