plait
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /pleɪt/, /plæt/
plait (plural plaits)
- A flat fold; a doubling, as of cloth; a pleat.
- a box plait
- 1705 (revised 1718), Joseph Addison, Remarks on Several Parts of Italy
- the plaits and foldings of the drapery
- A braid, as of hair or straw; a plat.
- French: pli
- German: Falte
- Italian: piega, pieghettatura, plissettatura
- Portuguese: dobra, prega
- Russian: скла́дка
plait (plaits, present participle plaiting; past and past participle plaited)
- (transitive) To fold; to double in narrow folds; to pleat
- to plait a ruffle
- (transitive) To interweave the strands or locks of; to braid
- to plait hair
- plaiting rope
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