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Definitions for Plait

[1] a braid, especially of hair or straw.
[2] a pleat or fold, as of cloth.
[3] to braid, as hair or straw.
[4] to make, as a mat, by braiding.
[5] to pleat.
[6] a length of hair, ribbon, etc, that has been plaited
[7] (in Britain) a loaf of bread of several twisting or intertwining parts
[8] a rare spelling of pleat
[9] (tr) to intertwine (strands or strips) in a pattern

Words related to Plait

twine, interweave, tuck, pleat, tress, crease, fold, knit, weave, flute, pigtail, pleach, plat

Words nearby Plait

plaintiff, plaintive, plainview, plainville, plaister, plait, plaiting, plan, plan b, plan on, plan position indicator

Origin of Plait

1350–1400; Middle English pleyt < Middle French pleit < Latin plicitum, neuter of plicitus, past participle of plicāre to fold; see ply2

Other words from Plait

in·ter·plait , verb (used with object)

Word origin for Plait

C15 pleyt, from Old French pleit, from Latin plicāre to fold; see ply ²

Synonyms for Plait

crease, flute, fold, interweave, knit, pigtail, plat, pleach, pleat, tress, tuck, twine, weave