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   pleat

   /pliːt/

   noun

   • 1. a double or multiple fold in a garment or other item made of cloth, held by stitching the top or side.

   verb

   • 1. fold into pleats: "she was absently pleating her skirt between her fingers"

   Word Origin late Middle English: a variant of plait. The written form of the word became obsolete between c. 1700 and the end of the 19th century.

   Derivatives

   • 1. pleater noun

   Scrabble Points: 7

   • P

     3

   • L

     1

   • E

     1

   • A

     1

   • T

     1

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