plicator, -er
(plɪ-, plaɪˈkeɪtə(r))
[agent-n. from plicate v., or L. plicāre to fold.]
A folder; an apparatus for folding fabrics.
| 1880 Specif. U.S. Patent No. 229479 The table projects, apex forward, from the frame and I have named it the ‘plicater’. 1884 Knight Dict. Mech. Suppl., Plicator, a mechanical device for making a plait or fold, as in some sewing-machine attachments, for instance. |