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Added 9 October 2026

plait

/pleɪt/ noun

Latin root: plectō Wiktionary

noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about plait at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

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

verb

To fold; to double in narrow folds; to pleat
to plait a ruffle
To interweave the strands or locks of; to braid
to plait hair

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), Russian плести́ (plestí) and also to Old English fleohtan, which it displaced. Doublet of plight (“plait, fold”) and pleat.

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