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Conceptual system
knife pleat
Domain:  Garments
Subdomain (1st level):  Technical variations
Table:  Table 3
Noun phrase
Countable
Definition:  Pressed in pleats usually placed one-half inch to 1 inch apart. All pleats going in the same direction.
FDF, 1988
Context:  The dress and jacket are an example of his “Y” line of that year, which skimmed the waist and featured a lengthened torso. The crispness and precision of Dior’s knife pleats add greatly to the look.
Dubin, Berman, 2000
Attestation:  10
Co-hyponyms:  box pleat, inverted pleat, unpressed pleat
Hyperonyms:  pleat
It:  piega a coltello
Degree of reliability:  10
Ireland, 1996