pleat in the PONS Dictionary

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Traditionally, "ha gow" should have at least seven and preferably ten or more pleats imprinted on its wrapper.
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The term is also sometimes used to refer to the pleats seen in stage curtains.
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The long, linear laceration extended around the ventral pleats, restricting their distention.
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The depth is the part of the pleat which is folded under the overlying pleat.
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The ears just reach the end of the nose rather than trailing on the ground and should be pleated.
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This shirt had the double of button on its pleat.
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They are folded into pleats and seldom used as the cricket normally remains below the ground.
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The wings are tightly folded together around the body and have pleated, squared-off ends.
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The first instance we have of the pleats being sewn into the philabeg, creating a true tailored kilt, comes in 1792.
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Any pleat is characterized by depth and width.
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