Meanings
nounknife pleat (plural knife pleats)
plural knife pleats
- businessA type of sharply pressed pleating, especially in a skirt or kilt, in which all of the folds are turned in one direction, with each pleat being three layers of fabric thick.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 刀褶
- 刀褶 (dāozhě)a type of sharply pressed pleating
Finnish myötälaskos
- myötälaskosa type of sharply pressed pleating
French pli plat, pli couché
- pli plata type of sharply pressed pleating
- pli couchéa type of sharply pressed pleating
German Messerfalte, Quetschfalte
- Messerfaltea type of sharply pressed pleating
- Quetschfaltea type of sharply pressed pleating
Italian piega sovrapposta
- piega sovrappostaa type of sharply pressed pleating
Persian چینچین, چین و شکن
- چینچین (čin-čin)a type of sharply pressed pleating
- چین و شکن (čin-o-šekan)a type of sharply pressed pleating
Polish plisa płaska
- plisa płaskaa type of sharply pressed pleating
Portuguese prega faca
- prega facaa type of sharply pressed pleating
Russian пряма́я скла́дка, односторо́нняя незастро́ченная скла́дка
- пряма́я скла́дка (prjamája skládka)a type of sharply pressed pleating
- односторо́нняя незастро́ченная скла́дка (odnostorónnjaja nezastróčennaja skládka)a type of sharply pressed pleating
Spanish pliegue llano
- pliegue llanoa type of sharply pressed pleating
Welsh pleten fflat, pleten lafn
- pleten fflata type of sharply pressed pleating
- pleten lafna type of sharply pressed pleating
Cite this entry
APA
knife pleat. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/knife%20pleat
MLA
“knife pleat.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/knife%20pleat. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “knife pleat,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/knife%20pleat.
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