pleat

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
pleat
    n 1: any of various types of fold formed by doubling fabric back
         upon itself and then pressing or stitching into shape [syn:
         {pleat}, {plait}]
    v 1: pleat or gather into a ruffle; "ruffle the curtain fabric"
         [syn: {ruffle}, {pleat}]
    2: fold into pleats, "Pleat the cloth" [syn: {pleat}, {plicate}]
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Pleat \Pleat\ (pl[=e]t), n. & v. t.
   See {Plait}.
   [1913 Webster]
    
from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
70 Moby Thesaurus words for "pleat":
      accordion pleat, aqueduct, box pleat, canal, canalization,
      canalize, carve, chamfer, channel, chisel, corrugate, crack,
      crease, crimp, crisp, cut, dado, dike, ditch, dog-ear, double,
      double over, enfold, engrave, entrenchment, flounce, flute, fold,
      fold over, fosse, frill, furrow, gash, gather, goffer, gouge,
      groove, gully, gutter, ha-ha, incise, infold, interfold, kennel,
      knife pleat, lap over, moat, plait, plat, plicate, plow, ply,
      quill, rabbet, rifle, ruff, ruffle, rut, score, scratch, slit,
      streak, striate, sunk fence, trench, trough, tuck, turn over,
      twill, wrinkle

    

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