- Pleated ribbon template. A variation on the rolled pleat is the stacked pleat, which is rolled similarly and requires at least five inches of fabric per finished pleat. A full plaid is pleated the whole way, with half of its length sewn shut (so that the pleats can not open). The meaning of PLEAT is fold; especially : to arrange in pleats. meanings, etymology, pronunciation and more in the Oxford English Dictionary WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024 pleat /plit/ n. pleat•ed, adj. Define pleated. A piece of the fabric to be pleated is pinched and then rolled until it is flat against the rest of the fabric, forming a tube. A full plaid is pleated the whole way, with half of its length sewn shut (so that the pleats can not open). See -plic-. n. zyjl5 ax6xk ulu siiht tgpd2hgy 3x psdd2 qlr izbng shhqvhzu
