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Plait

//pleɪt// noun, verb

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Noun
  1. 1
    A flat fold; a doubling, as of cloth; a pleat.

    "a box plait"

  2. 2
    any of various types of fold formed by doubling fabric back upon itself and then pressing or stitching into shape wordnet
  3. 3
    A braid, as of hair or straw; a plat.

    "Only the hair as it arched so beautifully from her temples was mixed with silver, and the two simple plaits that lay on her shoulders were filigree of silver and brown."

  4. 4
    a hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To fold; to double in narrow folds; to pleat transitive

    "to plait a ruffle"

  2. 2
    weave into plaits wordnet
  3. 3
    To interweave the strands or locks of; to braid transitive

    "to plait hair"

  4. 4
    make by braiding or interlacing wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English pleit, from Anglo-Norman pleit (compare Old French ploit), from Latin plectō, which is akin to Old Norse flétta (Danish flette), Russian плести́ (plestí) and also to Old English fleohtan, which it displaced. Doublet of plight (“plait, fold”) and pleat.

Etymology 2

From Middle English pleit, from Anglo-Norman pleit (compare Old French ploit), from Latin plectō, which is akin to Old Norse flétta (Danish flette), Russian плести́ (plestí) and also to Old English fleohtan, which it displaced. Doublet of plight (“plait, fold”) and pleat.

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