unpleatedadj.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈpliːtᵻd/, U.S. /ˌənˈplidᵻd/ Not pleated; (in later use) spec. (of fabric or a garment) not folded or stitched into pleats.
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the world > life > the body > skin > textures or states of skin > [adjective] > wrinkle > not having
unwrinkled1547
smooth-faced1591
smooth-skinned1611
unpleated1612
unbunched1615
sleek1638
sleekyc1725
unploughed1826
unlined1840
the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > sewn or ornamented textile fabric > [adjective] > pleated > not
unpleated1612
1612 W. Parkes Curtaine-drawer 46 Let not the seruant with vnpleated browes, and presented innocency abuse the trust committed to his charge.
1648 H. Hexham Groot Woorden-boeck Ongeployt, vnfoulded, or Vnpleated.
1889 Daily News 22 Oct. 6/1 These are necessarily in unpleated material, in order to give firmness to the whole.
1927 Times 27 July 17/6 The end being left unpleated to give a plain border and a suggestion of width.
2010 Globe & Mail (Toronto) (Nexis) 20 Mar. l2 Another advantage to plain, unpleated fly-front formal shirts is that you can wear them with business suits and no one will notice.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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