KNIFE PLEAT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does knife pleat mean? 

• KNIFE PLEAT (noun)
  The noun KNIFE PLEAT has 1 sense:

1. a single pleat turned in one direction

  Familiarity information: KNIFE PLEAT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• KNIFE PLEAT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A single pleat turned in one direction

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("knife pleat" is a kind of...):

plait; pleat (any of various types of fold formed by doubling fabric back upon itself and then pressing or stitching into shape)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "knife pleat"):

sunburst pleat; sunray pleat (knife pleat cut on the bias to produce a flared effect)