Synonyms for plait

Grammar : Verb

Spell : pleyt, plat

Phonetic Transcription : pleɪt, plæt

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Définition of plait

Origin : late 14c., "to fold, gather in pleats," also "to braid or weave," from Old French pleir "to fold," variant of ploier, ployer "to fold, bend," from Latin plicare "to fold" (see ply (v.1)). Related: Plaited; plaiting.

verb braid

Example sentences :

It wouldn't be very hard; I could plait you one myself if I only had some hemp.'
Extract from : « Abbe Mouret's Transgression » by Emile Zola

Then we can plait our ribbons at our leisure on Monday, in time for the festival on Tuesday.
Extract from : « A harum-scarum schoolgirl » by Angela Brazil

They had found some long grass, which they set to work to plait.
Extract from : « The Voyages of the Ranger and Crusader » by W.H.G. Kingston

"I shall," said Betty, and gave her morsel of a plait a convincing pull.
Extract from : « An Australian Lassie » by Lilian Turner

He'll be here before one could plait a girl's hair who's had her hair cropped!
Extract from : « The Power of Darkness » by Leo Tolstoy

See here, I will pin a plait over in front, and that will help it.
Extract from : « A Little Girl in Old Boston » by Amanda Millie Douglas

It was for all the world as if she had bought a plait and stuck it on.
Extract from : « Pixie O'Shaughnessy » by Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey

In the old days she used to do it in one plait wound around with wampum.
Extract from : « Indian Child Life » by Charles A. Eastman

They are often at the head of a plait, and it would be worth while to look into their history.
Extract from : « The Heritage of Dress » by Wilfred Mark Webb

Youre supposed to have all the same coloured hair in one plait.
Extract from : « Egholm and his God » by Johannes Buchholtz

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