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Noun: pleating  plee-ting
  1. The act of folding in parallel folds
    "The designer used pleating to add texture to the skirt";
    - plication
Verb: pleat  pleet
  1. Fold into pleats
    "Pleat the cloth";
    - plicate
     
  2. Pleat or gather into a ruffle
    "pleat the curtain fabric";
    - ruffle

Derived forms: pleatings

Type of: fold, fold up, folding, turn up

Encyclopedia: Pleating

Pleat, David