pleat i pleat for food

pliegue (noun)
plegar = to pleat (verb).

A box pleat is a pleat of two parallel creases facing opposite directions making a raised section in between them. You can have a box pleat on a valance, skirt or a box. For a skirt and a valance it is a square like peat.

a pleat is a fold of fab in order to reduce the "free fab" or "volume of fab" and to make it shaped to the body or wanted shape.

you can make a pleat in a variety ways as:

meeting pleats, chasing pleats or single left/ right pleat, ironed pleats or top stitched pleat... and more

Many different table skirt designs are available.. the most popular 3 are...

Shirred Pleat

Box Pleat

Mushroom Pleat