plait

Meanings

Noun

• A flat fold; a doubling, as of cloth; a pleat.
• A braid, as of hair or straw; a plat.

Verb

• To fold; to double in narrow folds; to pleat
• To interweave the strands or locks of; to braid

Origin

• From Middle English pleit, from Anglo-Norman pleit (compare Old French ploit), from Latin plectō, which is akin to Old Norse flétta (Danish flette) and to Russian сплетать. plight.