(sewing) A fold in the fabric of a garment, usually a skirt, as a part of the design of the garment, with the purpose of adding controlled fullness and freedom of movement, or taking up excess fabric. There are many types of pleats, differing in their construction and appearance.

(transitive) To form one or more pleats in a piece of fabric or a garment. / To plait.

plural of pleat

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pleat

present participle of pleat

An action or arrangement in which something is pleated.

simple past tense and past participle of pleat

Having pleats.

plural of pleating

plural of Pleat