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Definition of Plait

Plait
Plait Plait, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Plaited; p. pr. & vb. n. Plaiting.] 1. To fold; to double in narrow folds; to pleat; as, to plait a ruffle. 2. To interweave the strands or locks of; to braid; to plat; as, to plait hair; to plait rope.
Plait
Plait Plait, n. [OE. playte, OF. pleit, L. plicatum, plicitum, p. p. of plicare to fold, akin to plectere to plait. See Ply, and cf. Plat to weave, Pleat, Plight fold.] 1. A flat fold; a doubling, as of cloth; a pleat; as, a box plait. The plaits and foldings of the drapery. --Addison. 2. A braid, as of hair or straw; a plat. Polish plait. (Med.) Same as Plica.

Meaning of Plait from wikipedia

- plait in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Plait may refer to: Plait, also called a braid, intertwined strands of, for example, textile or hair Plait,...
- Polish plait (Latin: Plica polonica, Polish: Kołtun polski or plika, Kołtun in Polish meaning matted), less commonly known in English as plica or trichoma...
- Straw plaiting is a method of manufacturing textiles by braiding straw and the industry that surrounds the craft of producing these straw manufactures...
- RSVP is an initialism derived from the French phrase "Répondez s'il vous plaît", meaning "Please respond" (literally "Respond, if it pleases you"), to...
- Cary Plait (born September 30, 1964), also known as The Bad Astronomer, is an American astronomer, skeptic, and po****r science blogger. Plait has worked...
- A French braid, also called a French plait, is a type of braided hairstyle. The three-strand gathered plait includes three sections of hair that are braided...
- A plait is an anatomical feature which is present the s**** of some snails, or gastropods. This sculpture occurs often in the s**** of marine gastropod...
- Hypnum cupressiforme, the cypress-leaved plaitmoss or hypnum moss, is a common and widespread species of moss belonging to the genus Hypnum. It is found...
- A braid (also referred to as a plait; /plæt/) is a complex structure or pattern formed by interlacing three or more strands of flexible material such...
- Callicladium imponens, also known as brocade moss, is a species of moss native to North America. It is usually golden to yellow-green coloured, sometimes...