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Conceptual system
box pleat
Domain:  Garments
Subdomain (1st level):  Technical variations
Table:  Table 3
Noun phrase
Countable
Definition:  Combination of two flat folds in opposite directions, with turned-under edges meeting underneath. In series, box pleats form inverted pleats on the underside.
DCF, 1999
Context:  So what will we be wearing come autumn 2003? Tailored suits with pencil skirts, box pleats and jackets nipped at the waist, and glamorous, silky evening gowns in plum, pink, caramel and cream, with stoles and capelets.
Lucire, 2005
Attestation:  10
Co-hyponyms:  knife pleat, inverted pleat, unpressed pleat
Hyperonyms:  pleat
It:  cannone
Degree of reliability:  10
Rocca, Spinelli, 2001