plait
plaited; plaits; plaiting
You might get an odd look if you ask your hairdresser to put your hair in a plait, but she’ll eventually figure out what you want: a braid.
Plait, which sounds the same as plate, feels a bit like it’s from a bygone era, though the word is still in use today. A woman wearing a hairstyle with plaits might be on her way to meet Lord Something-or-Other, in the hopes of receiving a marriage proposal. Meanwhile, someone wearing a braided hairdo might be preparing for a night on the town or just a trip to the grocery store.
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a hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair
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any of various types of fold formed by doubling fabric back upon itself and then pressing or stitching into shape
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synonyms:
pleat
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types:
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box pleat
a flat double pleat made by folding under the fabric on either side of it
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inverted pleat
a box pleat reversed so that the fullness is turned inward
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kick pleat
pleat in back of a straight skirt to allow ease in walking
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knife pleat
a single pleat turned in one direction
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tuck
a narrow flattened pleat or fold that is stitched in place
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dart
a tapered tuck made in dressmaking
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sunburst pleat, sunray pleat
knife pleat cut on the bias to produce a flared effect
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make by braiding or interlacing
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weave into plaits“plait hair”
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type of:
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interweave, weave
interlace by or as if by weaving
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interweave, weave
Vocabulary lists containing plait
In this fifth and final book of the series The Trials of Apollo, Lester must defeat Nero without causing massive collateral damage to Manhattan.
Sixth-graders Topher Renn, Brand Walker, and Steve Sakata of Fox Ridge Elementary School learn that their favorite teacher must take a leave of absence because of her health, so they make arrangements to give her the perfect last day that she had described during a writing lesson.
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