plait
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noun
a single length of hair or other flexible material made up of three or more interlaced strands; a braid.
｟主に英｠ ; 〖しばしば～s〗 編んだもの, (髪の)編んだお下げ(｟米｠ braid)
archaic term for pleat.
(布の)ひだ(pleat)
verb with object
form (hair or other material) into a plait or plaits:
｟主に英｠ 〈髪･麦わら･ひもなど〉を編む, 組む(｟米｠ braid)
e.g. her hair had been plaited and coiled at the back of her head.
make (something) by forming material into a plait or plaits:
〈布など〉にひだをとる
e.g. 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.