noun
pleating, tuck, crease; see fold 1, plait.
Types of pleats include: box, knife, accordion, inverted, unpressed, machine, umbrella, trouser.
verb
ruffle, crease, gather; see fold 2.
See pleat in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
A line or an arrangement made by the doubling of one part over another:
To bend together or make a crease in so that one part lies over another:
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