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Meanings of pleated in English

Spanish
plisado
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Double folding a definite, even width of fabric and fixing it in place by sewing or pressing or both.

        plisado
        Usage of pleated in English
        1
        The one that worked best, however, was a pleated variety from Tultex.
        NY Magazine
        2
        He was a thrid peddler in a dinky little pleated coat, Dannie.
        At the Foot of the Rainbow
        3
        Mrs. Paine, in her agitation, pleated her muslin apron into a fan.
        Purple Springs
        4
        All the windows are covered with pleated shades throughout the daylight hours.
        Seize the night
        5
        White plain-pleated linen, with enamel studs resembling linen, is also very fashionable.
        Manners and Social Usages
        6
        There were liver spots visible on the pleated folds of his neck.
        Masked
        7
        She had put on a long, pleated white skirt and maroon blouse.
        A touch of death
        8
        No mistaking the tension that pleated the soft skin around his eyes.
        The truth of valor
        9
        He wore pleated gray pants and a plaid button-down every single day.
        Nemesis
        10
        A head poked out, then a leg draped in voluminous, pleated robes.
        The Memoirs of Cleopatra
        11
        Plaid pleated skirt, crisp white blouse, grungy sweat socks and beatup Reeboks.
        Four to score
        12
        We have to somehow get tunics, he said, looking at my pleated dress.
        Cleopatra's Moon
        13
        The skirt is pleated, light summer stuff, and falls in a straight line.
        The Wrong Twin
        14
        Two paper tendrils, also accordion-pleated, hung down from the clapper of the bell.
        Cat’s Cradle
        15
        A one-shoulder, pleated dress from LA label Clover Canyon has been extremely popular.
        The Guardian
        16
        A pleated dress bore the oversized sleeves she often made on the show.
        Reuters
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        Spanish
        plisado
        Pleated through the time
        Pleated across language varieties
        United States of America
        Common
        United Kingdom
        Less common