pleatn.

Brit.

/pliːt/, U.S.

/plit/

Forms: 1500s–1600s pleate, 1500s–1600s plete, 1500s– pleat.

Origin: Either (i) a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Or (ii) formed within English, by conversion. Etymons: plait n.; pleat v.

Etymology: Either a variant of plait n. (see discussion at that entry), or immediately < pleat v. Compare earlier plet n.¹ and see note below. Compare also plat n.⁶The Middle English form plet in quot. a1425 at plet n.¹ could equally represent a long vowel and hence belong at this entry as an antedating of sense 2.

1. A fold of cloth or drapery; (now) esp. any of a series of folds held in place along one edge by pressing or stitching, by means of which part of a garment or piece of fabric can be regularly and symmetrically taken in. Also figurative. (Now the usual sense.)box-pleat: see box n.² Compounds 6.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > folding or folded condition > [noun] > pleating > a pleat

plait1440

prank1440

pinchc1450

plightc1450

pleata1529

tuck1532

lipea1600

the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > sewn or ornamented textile fabric > [noun] > pleated fabric > pleat

plait1440

pinchc1450

plightc1450

pleata1529

tuck1532

lipea1600

box pleat1857

accordion pleat1884

organ pipe1890

knife-pleat1891

sunburst1897

pin tuck1902

knife-plait1911

a1529 J. Skelton Certayne Bks. (?1545) sig. Cvii Stytched & pranked with pletes.

1581 J. Derricke Image Irelande ii. sig. Eiij^v Their shirtes..With pleates on pleates thei pleated are, as thicke as pleates maie lye.

1594 W. Shakespeare Lucrece sig. B3 Hiding base sin in pleats of Maiestie.

1625 S. Purchas Pilgrimes II. ix. xix. 1658 They carrie it..alwaies about in the pleats of their Girdle.

1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 194/2 Doctor John Bridgman late Bishop of Chester..wore his Bishops Hat all covered in pleats with Taffaty, from whence he was vulgarly termed John with the Taffaty Hat.

1701 G. Farquhar Sir Harry Wildair i. 4 The Pinners are double ruffled with twelve pleats of a side.

1799 W. Bingfield Voy. 117 I purposed..to contract my visage into pleats of terror.

1879 Harper's Bazar 14 June 377/1 The Kilt skirt is open in front, widely lapped, has only a few wide kilt pleats behind, and is then stitched to a belt.

1887 J. Ashby-Sterry Lazy Minstrel (1892) 28 A snowy skirt, all frill and pleat.

1902 C. J. Cornish Naturalist on Thames 178 The water..forms a ripple above each ridge; and from the everlasting throb of these pleats of running water the sunlight flashes as if from a moving river of diamonds.

1926 People's Home Jrnl. Feb. 30/2 Figure 10 shows a linen dress.., the lines of stitching giving the effect of the fashionable shirt front and holding the side pleats in place.

1962 Life 23 Feb. 35 (caption) Decorative fountains soften the sharp pleats of the facade of University of Chicago.

1990 Family Album Catal. Spring–Summer 170 (caption) Double Invert Skirt. Straight skirt with 2 inverted pleats at front.

2. A plait of hair or cord; a tress of interwoven strands. Cf. plait n. 1a.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > intertwining or interweaving > [noun] > plaiting > that which is plaited

plaita1398

pleta1425

tressa1492

braid1530

pleat?1606

plat1609

brede1644

two-plait1882

the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > styles of hair > [noun] > tresses or plaits

tracec1380

plight?1387

tressa1400

plexc1450

braid1530

tuck1532

buoy-rope1546

trammels1589

entrammelling1598

border1601

point1604

pleat?1606

trammelets1654

maze1657

brede1696

queue1724

pigtail?1725

tie1725

cue1731

tuck-up1749

tutulus1753

club1786

tail1799

French twist1850

Grecian plait1851

French plait1871

horse's tail1873

Gretchen braid, plait1890

shimada1910

ponytail1916

French braid1937

cane row1939

dreadlocks1960

French pleat1964

Tom Jones1964

corn row1971

dread1984

club-pigtail-

?1606 M. Drayton Man in Moone in Poemes sig. H^v Her hayre tuck'd vp in many a curious pleate.

1616 W. Browne Britannia's Pastorals II. v. 120 She pluckes the hayre, and working them in pleats.

1968 Sc. National Dict. VII. 167/3 Pleat, an intertwined tress of hair, a pigtail, a plait.

1993 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 2 July c10/6 Miles..drives a Rolls-Royce, wears his golden hair in pleats and exudes a monumental smugness.

Compounds

pleat front n. a garment, such as a shirt, blouse, or pair of trousers, with a pleat or pleats at the front; (also) a pleated front on a garment.

ΚΠ

1878 Times 12 Sept. 8/4 The following descriptions of bodies found were circulated by the police... A man, aged 30..; dress,..blue striped..tie, small pleat front, white socks, [etc.].

1904 Washington Post 17 Sept. 7/6 (advt.) Taffeta Silk Waists in nobby plaids and fancy effects; beautiful colorings; inlaid pleat front edged with combination shades of taffeta.

1981 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 14 Sept. b12/2 Its matching pleat-front vest has no buttons.

2003 Australian (Nexis) 10 Oct. 18 He also complains about pants. He won't even consider..anything other than pleat fronts. Flat fronts may be fine for all those gym-worshipping metrosexuals out there, but not for the festively plump.

Derivatives

ˈpleatless adj. without pleats, unpleated.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [adjective] > having specific parts > ornamented or trimmed > pleated or folded > not

displeited1619

plaitless1867

pleatless1898

1898 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Jan. 28/1 Tartans with..pleatless kilts on them.

1973 Esquire's Encycl. 20th Cent. Men's Fashions 670/1 With this style, favored by university men and others, were worn pleatless, trim-cut trousers.

2003 Rocky Mountain News (Denver) (Nexis) 6 Nov. 5 d Slacks should be cuffless and pleatless.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

pleatv.

Brit.

/pliːt/, U.S.

/plit/

Forms: Middle English plete, 1500s– pleat. Past tense

α. Middle English pletede, 1800s– pleated.

β. Middle English platte, Middle English plattid, 1600s platted.

γ. late Middle English plette; Scottish pre-1700 plett, pre-1700 pletted, 1700s plet, 1900s– pletteet (Shetland).

Past participle

α. late Middle English–1500s pleted, 1500s– pleated.

β. 1500s plat (Scottish), 1600s platted; N.E.D.(1907) also records a form 1500s platt (Scottish).

γ. Middle English plettid, Middle English yplettyd, 1600s pletted; Scottish pre-1700 plett, pre-1700 yplet, pre-1700 1700s plet.

Origin: Apparently either (i) a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Or (ii) formed within English, by conversion. Etymons: plait v.; plait n.

Etymology: Apparently either a variant of plait v., or immediately < plait n. (see discussion of forms at that entry), although first attested earlier than either.The β and γ past tense and past participle forms probably arose by assimilation to the paradigm of e.g. threat v. (see E.J. Dobson Eng. Pronunc. 1500–1700 (ed. 2, 1968) II. §233). Compare plat v.³, plet v.

1. transitive. To intertwine; spec. to interlace three or more strands of (hair, ribbon, straw, etc.) so as to form a plait. Also: to make (a wreath, braid, etc.) by plaiting. Also figurative. Cf. plait v. 1.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > intertwining or interweaving > intertwine or interweave [verb (transitive)] > plait

pleat?a1300

foldc1384

plaita1398

pletc1429

plat?1533

gimp1885

?a1300 Iacob & Iosep (Bodl.) (1916) 516 (MED) Feire he platte his her wiþ a selkene streng.

a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1959) Exod. xxxix. 3 He cutt..golden peesis, & he made hem into þredis þat þei myȝt ben plattid [a1425 L.V. foldid aȝen; L. torqueri] with þe wefte of þe raþer colours.

c1425 Evangelie (Bodl. Add.) 1371 in Publ. Mod. Lang. Assoc. Amer. (1915) 30 599 (MED) Þe iewes..Of sharpe thornes a croun plette & ihu heed it sette.

1483 Catholicon Anglicum (BL Add. 89074) (1881) 284 To Plete [?c1475 BL Add. 15562 Plett], jntricare,..plectere.

a1500 (a1450) tr. Secreta Secret. (Ashm. 396) (1977) 68 (MED) Ther is a-noþer tre cleped androsmon..and it is pleted to-gedre [L. complexa], havyng dry leves and full lytell.

a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1959) ix. ii. 64 The wyld wolf..Abowt the bowght, plet all of wandis tyght, Bayis and gyrnis.

a1578 R. Lindsay Hist. & Cron. Scotl. (1899) I. 301 His hair was lang lyke wemens and plat in ane heid lace.

1585 Abp. E. Sandys Serm. xv. 275 The haire which before had beene..coloured, pleated, and bordered.

1600 E. Fairfax tr. T. Tasso Godfrey of Bulloigne xiv. lxviii. 264 Of woodbines, lillies, and of roses sweete,..All pletted fast, well knit, and ioyned meete.

1627 M. Drayton Quest of Cynthia in Battaile Agincourt 137 A Fountaine..Whose brim with Pincks was platted.

1658 Sir T. Browne Garden of Cyrus ii, in Hydriotaphia: Urne-buriall 106 The Triumphal..Crowns..were pleated after this order.

1685 in Proc. Soc. Antiquaries Scotl. (1924) 58 360 2 stay bands, one of them plett.

c1704 M. Prior Henry & Emma 606 I'll weave Her Garlands; and I'll pleat Her Hair.

1725 A. Ramsay Gentle Shepherd ii. iv. 30 For thee I plet the flowry Belt and Snood.

1733 J. Bland Ess. in Praise of Women Pref. p. vi As for pleating their Hair..I think he had better let that alone.

1790 D. Morison Poems 148 When tightly plet and brawly iron'd out, They'll gar him look again I hae nae doubt.

1897 R. M. Calder Poems 91 [Berwickshire] We pleated wreaths o' varied hues, to bind our lassie's hair.

1925 E. C. Smith Mang Howes & Knowes 2 Derk fir planteens that..aamaist pletteet ther brainches abuinheed.

2003 Africa News (Nexis) 5 June She was told she would earn big money pleating hair in Italy.

2. transitive. To join, fasten, fold; (now) spec. to gather (part of a garment or a piece of fabric) into regular folds held in place along one edge. Also figurative. (Now the usual sense.)

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > folding or folded condition > fold [verb (transitive)] > arrange in folds or pleat

cremil1377

pinchc1387

pleatc1390

plaitc1400

plighta1425

ridelc1450

pranka1529

plat?1533

surfle1573

quill1607

twill1847

the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > sewing or ornamenting textile fabric > sew or ornament textile fabric [verb (transitive)] > pleat

pleatc1390

plaitc1400

frouncea1533

plat?1533

c1390 (a1376) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Vernon) (1867) A. v. 126 I..Brochede hem with a pak-neelde and pletede [v.rr. pleit, plite, pleyȝt, plyȝte; c1400 B text v.rr. playte, plyghted; c1400 C text bond] hem togedere.

a1549 A. Borde Fyrst Bk. Introd. Knowl. (1870) ix. 149 Theyr mantles of say, gadryd & pleted mouch like after nonnes fashyon.

1570 B. Googe tr. T. Kirchmeyer Popish Kingdome ii. f. 26 A linnen vesture wondrous white, and pleated here and there.

1632 J. Hayward tr. G. F. Biondi Eromena 52 A gown..pleated and crisped about the necke.

1687 A. Lovell tr. J. de Thévenot Trav. into Levant ii. 92 The sleeves..are much longer, and therefore they pleat them that they may not hang over the Wrists.

1714 C. Johnson Country Lasses iv. ii Verily thou hast well unfolded thy message: now pleat it up carefully again.

1749 J. Cleland Mem. Woman of Pleasure I. 55 He took his hat and went out of the room murmuring, and pleating his brows like an old ape.

1864 Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Pleat, to plait or double in narrow folds. See Plait.

1879 G. A. Sala Paris herself Again II. xii. 181 A pretty young Dutchwoman who could not pleat her..ruff to her satisfaction.

1900 A. Conan Doyle Great Boer War xv. 253 The ground in front of him was pleated into long folds.

1926 People's Home Jrnl. Feb. 21/1 Nor do you need to spend weary hours searching for just the right material, the best pattern, thread and buttons to match, and then send the skirt to be pleated.

1994 Star-Ledger (Newark, New Jersey) 30 Jan. ii. 3/2 [She] pleats her deep-crowned crushers using such dressmaker detailing as smocking.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	pleat
释义	pleatn. Brit. /pliːt/, U.S. /plit/ Forms: 1500s–1600s pleate, 1500s–1600s plete, 1500s– pleat. Origin: Either (i) a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Or (ii) formed within English, by conversion. Etymons: plait n.; pleat v. Etymology: Either a variant of plait n. (see discussion at that entry), or immediately < pleat v. Compare earlier plet n.¹ and see note below. Compare also plat n.⁶The Middle English form plet in quot. a1425 at plet n.¹ could equally represent a long vowel and hence belong at this entry as an antedating of sense 2. 1. A fold of cloth or drapery; (now) esp. any of a series of folds held in place along one edge by pressing or stitching, by means of which part of a garment or piece of fabric can be regularly and symmetrically taken in. Also figurative. (Now the usual sense.)box-pleat: see box n.² Compounds 6. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > folding or folded condition > [noun] > pleating > a pleat plait1440 prank1440 pinchc1450 plightc1450 pleata1529 tuck1532 lipea1600 the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > sewn or ornamented textile fabric > [noun] > pleated fabric > pleat plait1440 pinchc1450 plightc1450 pleata1529 tuck1532 lipea1600 box pleat1857 accordion pleat1884 organ pipe1890 knife-pleat1891 sunburst1897 pin tuck1902 knife-plait1911 a1529 J. Skelton Certayne Bks. (?1545) sig. Cvii Stytched & pranked with pletes. 1581 J. Derricke Image Irelande ii. sig. Eiij^v Their shirtes..With pleates on pleates thei pleated are, as thicke as pleates maie lye. 1594 W. Shakespeare Lucrece sig. B3 Hiding base sin in pleats of Maiestie. View more context for this quotation 1625 S. Purchas Pilgrimes II. ix. xix. 1658 They carrie it..alwaies about in the pleats of their Girdle. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 194/2 Doctor John Bridgman late Bishop of Chester..wore his Bishops Hat all covered in pleats with Taffaty, from whence he was vulgarly termed John with the Taffaty Hat. 1701 G. Farquhar Sir Harry Wildair i. 4 The Pinners are double ruffled with twelve pleats of a side. 1799 W. Bingfield Voy. 117 I purposed..to contract my visage into pleats of terror. 1879 Harper's Bazar 14 June 377/1 The Kilt skirt is open in front, widely lapped, has only a few wide kilt pleats behind, and is then stitched to a belt. 1887 J. Ashby-Sterry Lazy Minstrel (1892) 28 A snowy skirt, all frill and pleat. 1902 C. J. Cornish Naturalist on Thames 178 The water..forms a ripple above each ridge; and from the everlasting throb of these pleats of running water the sunlight flashes as if from a moving river of diamonds. 1926 People's Home Jrnl. Feb. 30/2 Figure 10 shows a linen dress.., the lines of stitching giving the effect of the fashionable shirt front and holding the side pleats in place. 1962 Life 23 Feb. 35 (caption) Decorative fountains soften the sharp pleats of the facade of University of Chicago. 1990 Family Album Catal. Spring–Summer 170 (caption) Double Invert Skirt. Straight skirt with 2 inverted pleats at front. 2. A plait of hair or cord; a tress of interwoven strands. Cf. plait n. 1a. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > intertwining or interweaving > [noun] > plaiting > that which is plaited plaita1398 pleta1425 tressa1492 braid1530 pleat?1606 plat1609 brede1644 two-plait1882 the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > styles of hair > [noun] > tresses or plaits tracec1380 plight?1387 tressa1400 plexc1450 braid1530 tuck1532 buoy-rope1546 trammels1589 entrammelling1598 border1601 point1604 pleat?1606 trammelets1654 maze1657 brede1696 queue1724 pigtail?1725 tie1725 cue1731 tuck-up1749 tutulus1753 club1786 tail1799 French twist1850 Grecian plait1851 French plait1871 horse's tail1873 Gretchen braid, plait1890 shimada1910 ponytail1916 French braid1937 cane row1939 dreadlocks1960 French pleat1964 Tom Jones1964 corn row1971 dread1984 club-pigtail- ?1606 M. Drayton Man in Moone in Poemes sig. H^v Her hayre tuck'd vp in many a curious pleate. 1616 W. Browne Britannia's Pastorals II. v. 120 She pluckes the hayre, and working them in pleats. 1968 Sc. National Dict. VII. 167/3 Pleat, an intertwined tress of hair, a pigtail, a plait. 1993 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 2 July c10/6 Miles..drives a Rolls-Royce, wears his golden hair in pleats and exudes a monumental smugness. Compounds pleat front n. a garment, such as a shirt, blouse, or pair of trousers, with a pleat or pleats at the front; (also) a pleated front on a garment. ΚΠ 1878 Times 12 Sept. 8/4 The following descriptions of bodies found were circulated by the police... A man, aged 30..; dress,..blue striped..tie, small pleat front, white socks, [etc.]. 1904 Washington Post 17 Sept. 7/6 (advt.) Taffeta Silk Waists in nobby plaids and fancy effects; beautiful colorings; inlaid pleat front edged with combination shades of taffeta. 1981 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 14 Sept. b12/2 Its matching pleat-front vest has no buttons. 2003 Australian (Nexis) 10 Oct. 18 He also complains about pants. He won't even consider..anything other than pleat fronts. Flat fronts may be fine for all those gym-worshipping metrosexuals out there, but not for the festively plump. Derivatives ˈpleatless adj. without pleats, unpleated. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [adjective] > having specific parts > ornamented or trimmed > pleated or folded > not displeited1619 plaitless1867 pleatless1898 1898 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Jan. 28/1 Tartans with..pleatless kilts on them. 1973 Esquire's Encycl. 20th Cent. Men's Fashions 670/1 With this style, favored by university men and others, were worn pleatless, trim-cut trousers. 2003 Rocky Mountain News (Denver) (Nexis) 6 Nov. 5 d Slacks should be cuffless and pleatless. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). pleatv. Brit. /pliːt/, U.S. /plit/ Forms: Middle English plete, 1500s– pleat. Past tense α. Middle English pletede, 1800s– pleated. β. Middle English platte, Middle English plattid, 1600s platted. γ. late Middle English plette; Scottish pre-1700 plett, pre-1700 pletted, 1700s plet, 1900s– pletteet (Shetland). Past participle α. late Middle English–1500s pleted, 1500s– pleated. β. 1500s plat (Scottish), 1600s platted; N.E.D.(1907) also records a form 1500s platt (Scottish). γ. Middle English plettid, Middle English yplettyd, 1600s pletted; Scottish pre-1700 plett, pre-1700 yplet, pre-1700 1700s plet. Origin: Apparently either (i) a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Or (ii) formed within English, by conversion. Etymons: plait v.; plait n. Etymology: Apparently either a variant of plait v., or immediately < plait n. (see discussion of forms at that entry), although first attested earlier than either.The β and γ past tense and past participle forms probably arose by assimilation to the paradigm of e.g. threat v. (see E.J. Dobson Eng. Pronunc. 1500–1700 (ed. 2, 1968) II. §233). Compare plat v.³, plet v. 1. transitive. To intertwine; spec. to interlace three or more strands of (hair, ribbon, straw, etc.) so as to form a plait. Also: to make (a wreath, braid, etc.) by plaiting. Also figurative. Cf. plait v. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > intertwining or interweaving > intertwine or interweave [verb (transitive)] > plait pleat?a1300 foldc1384 plaita1398 pletc1429 plat?1533 gimp1885 ?a1300 Iacob & Iosep (Bodl.) (1916) 516 (MED) Feire he platte his her wiþ a selkene streng. a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1959) Exod. xxxix. 3 He cutt..golden peesis, & he made hem into þredis þat þei myȝt ben plattid [a1425 L.V. foldid aȝen; L. torqueri] with þe wefte of þe raþer colours. c1425 Evangelie (Bodl. Add.) 1371 in Publ. Mod. Lang. Assoc. Amer. (1915) 30 599 (MED) Þe iewes..Of sharpe thornes a croun plette & ihu heed it sette. 1483 Catholicon Anglicum (BL Add. 89074) (1881) 284 To Plete [?c1475 BL Add. 15562 Plett], jntricare,..plectere. a1500 (a1450) tr. Secreta Secret. (Ashm. 396) (1977) 68 (MED) Ther is a-noþer tre cleped androsmon..and it is pleted to-gedre [L. complexa], havyng dry leves and full lytell. a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1959) ix. ii. 64 The wyld wolf..Abowt the bowght, plet all of wandis tyght, Bayis and gyrnis. a1578 R. Lindsay Hist. & Cron. Scotl. (1899) I. 301 His hair was lang lyke wemens and plat in ane heid lace. 1585 Abp. E. Sandys Serm. xv. 275 The haire which before had beene..coloured, pleated, and bordered. 1600 E. Fairfax tr. T. Tasso Godfrey of Bulloigne xiv. lxviii. 264 Of woodbines, lillies, and of roses sweete,..All pletted fast, well knit, and ioyned meete. 1627 M. Drayton Quest of Cynthia in Battaile Agincourt 137 A Fountaine..Whose brim with Pincks was platted. 1658 Sir T. Browne Garden of Cyrus ii, in Hydriotaphia: Urne-buriall 106 The Triumphal..Crowns..were pleated after this order. 1685 in Proc. Soc. Antiquaries Scotl. (1924) 58 360 2 stay bands, one of them plett. c1704 M. Prior Henry & Emma 606 I'll weave Her Garlands; and I'll pleat Her Hair. 1725 A. Ramsay Gentle Shepherd ii. iv. 30 For thee I plet the flowry Belt and Snood. 1733 J. Bland Ess. in Praise of Women Pref. p. vi As for pleating their Hair..I think he had better let that alone. 1790 D. Morison Poems 148 When tightly plet and brawly iron'd out, They'll gar him look again I hae nae doubt. 1897 R. M. Calder Poems 91 [Berwickshire] We pleated wreaths o' varied hues, to bind our lassie's hair. 1925 E. C. Smith Mang Howes & Knowes 2 Derk fir planteens that..aamaist pletteet ther brainches abuinheed. 2003 Africa News (Nexis) 5 June She was told she would earn big money pleating hair in Italy. 2. transitive. To join, fasten, fold; (now) spec. to gather (part of a garment or a piece of fabric) into regular folds held in place along one edge. Also figurative. (Now the usual sense.) ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > folding or folded condition > fold [verb (transitive)] > arrange in folds or pleat cremil1377 pinchc1387 pleatc1390 plaitc1400 plighta1425 ridelc1450 pranka1529 plat?1533 surfle1573 quill1607 twill1847 the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > sewing or ornamenting textile fabric > sew or ornament textile fabric [verb (transitive)] > pleat pleatc1390 plaitc1400 frouncea1533 plat?1533 c1390 (a1376) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Vernon) (1867) A. v. 126 I..Brochede hem with a pak-neelde and pletede [v.rr. pleit, plite, pleyȝt, plyȝte; c1400 B text v.rr. playte, plyghted; c1400 C text bond] hem togedere. a1549 A. Borde Fyrst Bk. Introd. Knowl. (1870) ix. 149 Theyr mantles of say, gadryd & pleted mouch like after nonnes fashyon. 1570 B. Googe tr. T. Kirchmeyer Popish Kingdome ii. f. 26 A linnen vesture wondrous white, and pleated here and there. 1632 J. Hayward tr. G. F. Biondi Eromena 52 A gown..pleated and crisped about the necke. 1687 A. Lovell tr. J. de Thévenot Trav. into Levant ii. 92 The sleeves..are much longer, and therefore they pleat them that they may not hang over the Wrists. 1714 C. Johnson Country Lasses iv. ii Verily thou hast well unfolded thy message: now pleat it up carefully again. 1749 J. Cleland Mem. Woman of Pleasure I. 55 He took his hat and went out of the room murmuring, and pleating his brows like an old ape. 1864 Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Pleat, to plait or double in narrow folds. See Plait. 1879 G. A. Sala Paris herself Again II. xii. 181 A pretty young Dutchwoman who could not pleat her..ruff to her satisfaction. 1900 A. Conan Doyle Great Boer War xv. 253 The ground in front of him was pleated into long folds. 1926 People's Home Jrnl. Feb. 21/1 Nor do you need to spend weary hours searching for just the right material, the best pattern, thread and buttons to match, and then send the skirt to be pleated. 1994 Star-Ledger (Newark, New Jersey) 30 Jan. ii. 3/2 [She] pleats her deep-crowned crushers using such dressmaker detailing as smocking. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.a1529v.?a1300
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