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plural plaits
A flat fold; a doubling, as of cloth; a pleat. quotations examples
the plaits and foldings of the drapery
1705, J[oseph] Addison, Remarks on Several Parts of Italy, &c. in the Years 1701, 1702, 1703, London: […] Jacob Tonson, […]
A braid, as of hair or straw; a plat. examples
third-person singular simple present plaits, present participle plaiting, simple past and past participle plaited
(transitive) To fold; to double in narrow folds; to pleat examples
(transitive) To interweave the strands or locks of; to braid quotations examples
Her abundant hair, of a dark and glossy brown, was neatly plaited and coiled above an ivory column that rose straight from a pair of gently sloping shoulders, clearly outlined beneath the light muslin frock that covered them.
1900, Charles W. Chesnutt, chapter I, in The House Behind the Cedars