2. Verb. (third-person singular of pleat) ¹
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Definition of Pleats
1. pleat [v] - See also: pleat
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pleats
Literary usage of Pleats
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Pollen by Michael Pakenham Edgeworth (1877)
"F. Many forms described by Molil : (a) ovoid, contracted in middle ; (6) with
papillae ; (c) prismatic with 4 pleats ; (a) with 6 pleats ; (e) with 10 or 10 ..."
2. The Barnacles (Cirripedia) Contained in the Collections of the U.S. National by Henry Augustus Pilsbry (1907)
"The median area has sculpture of wide, flat pleats, which are angulate or V-shaped
except near the apex, where they are close and straight. ..."
3. History of Scottish Seals from the Eleventh to the Seventeenth Century, with by Walter de Gray Birch (1905)
"towards the view ; draped with a long mantle, or vestment, arranged in conventional
pleats or folds at the base of the seal, and supporting in front a ..."
4. Selections from the Judicial Records of Renfrewshire: Illustrative of the by William Hector (1878)
"6 Old plain pleats. 7 Soup pleats. I Dozen new pleats. ... 27 Water Glasses and
pleats. Ten Flowered Drinking Glasses. % Dozen Small Dram Glasses. ..."
5. Sewing and Textiles: A Textbook for Grades and Rural Schools by Annabell Turner (1918)
"Turn pleats away from center, forming a box-pleat. Place two pleats on each ...
Put pleats in other sleeve in same way. Baste in pleats 4" or 5" up from the ..."
6. Pollen by Michael Pakenham Edgeworth (1877)
"F. Many forms described by Molil : (a) ovoid, contracted in middle ; (6) with
papillae ; (c) prismatic with 4 pleats ; (a) with 6 pleats ; (e) with 10 or 10 ..."
7. The Barnacles (Cirripedia) Contained in the Collections of the U.S. National by Henry Augustus Pilsbry (1907)
"The median area has sculpture of wide, flat pleats, which are angulate or V-shaped
except near the apex, where they are close and straight. ..."
8. History of Scottish Seals from the Eleventh to the Seventeenth Century, with by Walter de Gray Birch (1905)
"towards the view ; draped with a long mantle, or vestment, arranged in conventional
pleats or folds at the base of the seal, and supporting in front a ..."
9. Selections from the Judicial Records of Renfrewshire: Illustrative of the by William Hector (1878)
"6 Old plain pleats. 7 Soup pleats. I Dozen new pleats. ... 27 Water Glasses and
pleats. Ten Flowered Drinking Glasses. % Dozen Small Dram Glasses. ..."
10. Sewing and Textiles: A Textbook for Grades and Rural Schools by Annabell Turner (1918)
"Turn pleats away from center, forming a box-pleat. Place two pleats on each ...
Put pleats in other sleeve in same way. Baste in pleats 4" or 5" up from the ..."
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