plait
noun
a braid, especially of hair or straw.
plaited
Example Sentences
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Elsewhere in Haute Couture Week, Puerto Rican music star Bad Bunny sat front row for the Schiaparelli show in a pastel yellow-coloured suit and a tie of plaited golden strands.
From Barron's ● Jul. 6, 2026
The young millennial rocked different hairstyles and loved switching it up: a curly Afro one week, two-strand twists the next, micro plaited braids and a range of cornrow designs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 19, 2024
"My mam plaits it in two plaits so it goes directly between my spine... She has always plaited my hair since so it's kind of a tradition now."
From BBC ● Nov. 18, 2024
This week, the bakers are instructed to make a plaited bread centerpiece.
From Salon ● Oct. 14, 2023
Suddenly the blind old woman in her rickrack dressing gown and with her thin gray hair plaited into a rat’s tail stepped forward and pushed Vellya Paapen with all her strength.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
