pleats in English

noun
1
a double or multiple fold in a garment or other item made of cloth, held by stitching the top or side.
It has a tailored collar with top button loop, hemmed sleeves, matte pearl buttons, a double-layer back yoke with pleats , left chest pocket and a clean-finish hem with side vents.
verb
1
fold into pleats.
she was absently pleating her skirt between her fingers

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1. All Albs are provided with shoulder pleats.

2. Long, slender legs showed beneath the swirling pleats of a school skirt.

3. Opera diva Jessye Norman swears by his comfortable and sophisticated signature pleats.

4. Some fold into a ball, whereas others are shaped like accordion pleats.

5. Allow a little extra for pinch pleat tape in order to balance your pleats.

6. We applied the new modifier Skin Morph to correct the deformations in the pleats.

7. Cuttle: [transitive verb] to fold (cloth) in pleats after it has been finished.

8. 17 B Fashionable trousers with inverted front pleats, belt loops and turn-ups.

9. Next, as the mouth partially closes, the muscles in the pleats contract like an accordion.

10. Each of the pockets or pleats contains a drug to be aerosolized using a piezoelectric element.

11. Having folds or bends like the bellows of an Accordion: Accordion pleats; Accordion blinds

12. Lustrous pleats and tucks trim the asymmetrical chiffon, cold shoulder cApelet of this stretch floor-length dress

13. Balloon blind A shade or blind with deep inverted pleats which create a billowing balloon-like effect.

14. Use Boning to stand up a collar, keep folds or pleats in place, and keep necklines from sagging

15. Consider: The microthin wing of the dragonfly is corrugated, with pleats that prevent it from bending.

16. These pleats are also of a predetermined size and therefore any adjustment is limited[sentencedict .com], as with pinch pleat tape.

17. Hand pinch pleat A hand pinch pleat heading, producing sharp, crisp pleats, is far superior to a taped version.

18. Trousers with pleats and extra width around the legs are alos to be avoided, they make the lower body appear Bulkier

19. When all the pleats have been tacked in place, check that the finished width equals the length of the valance rail.

20. Finish Cockade by basting stitches around in a circular fashion on the back of the Cockade to secure the pleats in place

21. There are Albs with pleats, with a hood, stand-up collar, turtleneck, alb with a Roman cut or alb with a hemstitch

22. Cassock is single breasted with full button fronts, semi-fitted body with side and back pleats, 1″ collar opening and full cuffs.

23. Some makers offer above mid-knee shorts or straight-legged trousers with waistband , belt carriers, front pleats, side pockets and mock fly zipper.

24. A knee-length skirt with deep pleats, usually of a tartan wool, worn as part of the dress for men in the Scottish Highlands.

25. The texture can be provided by sheet surfaces that are mechanically or ultrasonically embossed or are bubble-cushioned (204) or which have sealed pleats (224) or accordion folds.

26. Then, the week before May Day, someone came in and asked for one with mushroom pleats like the one Jane Farrier had been wearing when she ran off with the Count of Catterack.

27. The dhoti evolved from the ancient antriya which was passed through the legs, tucked at the back and covered the legs loosely, then flowed into long pleats at front of the legs, the same way it is worn today.

28. Other articles where Crabbing is discussed: textile: Tentering, Crabbing, and heat-setting: …wet wools it is called Crabbing; when applied to synthetic fibres it is sometimes called heat-setting, a term also applied to the permanent setting of pleats, creases, and special surface effects.

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30. Ascots also have pleats in the back and many people don’t know what they’re for, the reason behind them is when people tie them originally in a traditional knot, it came loose very easily but they realized, once they would make the knot thicker, the knot would come undone so easily and that’s what it’s made for originally and you can