plait.
A flat fold; a doubling, as of cloth; a pleat.
Meaning & usage
A flat fold; a doubling, as of cloth; a pleat.
a box plait
A braid, as of hair or straw; a plat.
Where this word comes from
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.
To fold; to double in narrow folds; to pleat
to plait a ruffle
To interweave the strands or locks of; to braid
to plait hair
plaiting rope
Where this word comes from
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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