Hypertext Webster Gateway: "plait"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Plait \Plait\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Plaited}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Plaiting}.]
1. To fold; to double in narrow folds; to pleat; as, to plait
a ruffle.
2. To interweave the strands or locks of; to braid; to plat;
as, to plait hair; to plait rope.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Plait \Plait\, n. [OE. playte, OF. pleit, L. plicatum, plicitum,
p. p. of plicare to fold, akin to plectere to plait. See
{Ply}, and cf. {Plat} to weave, {Pleat}, {Plight} fold.]
1. A flat fold; a doubling, as of cloth; a pleat; as, a box
plait.
The plaits and foldings of the drapery. --Addison.
2. A braid, as of hair or straw; a plat.
{Polish plait}. (Med.) Same as {Plica}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
plait
n 1: a hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair [syn: {braid},
{tress}, {twist}]
2: any of various types of fold formed by doubling fabric back
upon itself and then pressing or stitching into shape
[syn: {pleat}]
v 1: make by braiding [syn: {braid}, {lace}]
2: weave into plaits; "plait hair"
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