box pleat

1. 1.

   a flat double pleat made by folding under the fabric on either side of it

   Broaderpleat

   Part ofskirt

Questions about box pleat

What does box pleat mean?

box pleat means "a flat double pleat made by folding under the fabric on either side of it".

Is box pleat a common word?

box pleat is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.