Plait

Pronunciation

• IPA: /pleɪt/, /plæt/
• Homophones: plate, plat
• Rhymes: -æt

Origin

From Old French pleit, from Latin plecto, which is akin to Old Norse flétta (Danish flette) and to Russian сплетать.

Full definition of plait

Noun

1. A flat fold; a doubling, as of cloth; a pleat.a box plait
• Addisonthe plaits and foldings of the drapery
2. A braid, as of hair or straw; a plat.

Related terms

• pleat

Verb

1. (transitive) To fold; to double in narrow folds; to pleat; as, to plait a ruffle.
2. (transitive) To interweave the strands or locks of; to braid; to plat; as, to plait hair; to plait rope.
• 1900, Charles W. Chesnutt, The House Behind the Cedars, Chapter I,Her abundant hair, of a dark and glossy brown, was neatly plaited and coiled above an ivory column that rose straight from a pair of gently sloping shoulders, clearly outlined beneath the light muslin frock that covered them.

Anagrams

• Patil