transitive. ? To plait, to crimp.

To give or receive a pinched appearance. transitive. To pleat, gather, or flute, (a garment, etc.). Cf. pinch, n. 1a, pinch pleat, n. Now rare and…

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…

transitive. To fold (something flat and pliable, as a piece of fabric); esp. to double over; to gather in pleats; = pleat, v. 2. Also occasionally in…

transitive. figurative.

intransitive. To make a fold or pleat in cloth. Cf. rideled, adj. 1.

transitive. To fold, arrange in pleats; to decorate with pleats.

transitive. To braid, to intertwine; to plait (hair, straw, etc.); to form (a hat, etc.) by plaiting. Now chiefly English regional.

transitive. To gather into folds; to pleat; to wrinkle. Frequently with up. Cf. surfle, n. 3. Obsolete.

transitive. To form (fabric) into narrow, rounded folds or pleats; esp. to gather and set (a piece of lace) into the form of a ruff. Cf. goffer, v.…

= quill, v. 1.