A pleat is a creased fold in fabric. Your long wool coat might have a single pleat in back, down toward the hem.
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Noun
any of various types of fold formed by doubling fabric back upon itself and then pressing or stitching into shape
Verb
fold into pleats, "Pleat the cloth"
Verb
pleat or gather into a ruffle; "ruffle the curtain fabric"
n. & v. t.
See Plait.
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