plait
nounEtymology
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.
Definitions
A flat fold
A flat fold; a doubling, as of cloth; a pleat.
- a box plait
- the plaits and foldings of the drapery
A braid, as of hair or straw
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.
To fold
To fold; to double in narrow folds; to pleat
- to plait a ruffle
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To interweave the strands or locks of
To interweave the strands or locks of; to braid
- to plait hair
- plaiting rope
- 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.
The neighborhood
- neighborpleat
Derived
box plait, French plait, lemon plait, plaitless, plaitwork, Polish plait, interplait, plaiter, plait fog, plait sawdust, replait, unplait
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at plait. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at plait. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
8 hops · closes at plait
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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