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plait

Pronunciation: /plat/

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Definition of plait

noun

1British a single length of hair, straw, rope, or other material made up of three or more interlaced strands: she wore her dark hair in plaits

2archaic term for pleat.

verb

[with object]

form (hair, straw, rope, or other material) into a plait or plaits: her hair had been plaited and coiled at the back of her head
make (something) by forming material into a plait or plaits:a basket plaited from strips of flax

Origin:

late Middle English: from Old French pleit 'a fold', based on Latin plicare 'to fold'. The word was formerly often pronounced like ‘plate’; since late Middle English there has been an alternative spelling plat, to which the current pronunciation corresponds

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