As verbs the difference between pleat and plicate
is that pleat is to form one or more pleats in a piece of fabric or a garment while plicate is to fold or pleat usually used in passive.
As a noun pleat
is a fold in the fabric of a garment, usually a skirt, as a part of the design of the garment, with the purpose of adding controlled fullness and freedom of movement, or taking up excess fabric. There are many types of pleats, differing in their construction and appearance.
As an adjective plicate is
folded multiple times lengthwise like a fan, usually lending stiffness to a flat structure such as a leaf; corrugated; pleated.
pleat
English
Noun
(
en noun)
(sewing) A fold in the fabric of a garment, usually a skirt, as a part of the design of the garment, with the purpose of adding controlled fullness and freedom of movement, or taking up excess fabric. There are many types of pleats, differing in their construction and appearance.
(botany) A fold in an organ, usually a longitudinal fold in a long leaf such as that of palmetto, lending it stiffness.
A plait.
Verb
(
en verb)
To form one or more in a piece of fabric or a garment.
Derived terms
* accordion pleat
* box pleat
* inverted box pleat
* knife pleat
* pencil pleat
* sunburst pleat
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plicate
English
Adjective
(
en adjective)
(biology) Folded multiple times lengthwise like a fan, usually lending stiffness to a flat structure such as a leaf; corrugated; pleated.
Synonyms
* (folded) corrugated, folded, plicated
Related terms
* plicately
Verb
(plicat)
To fold or pleat (usually used in passive).
