plaiting

American  

[pley-ting, plat-ing] / ˈpleɪ tɪŋ, ˈplæt ɪŋ /

noun

1. anything that is braided or pleated.

2. plaits collectively.

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Etymology

Origin of plaiting

First recorded in 1375–1425, plaiting is from the late Middle English word pleyting. See plait, -ing ¹

Example Sentences

Plaiting my hair with his huge, scarred, leathery builder’s hands.

From The Guardian • Dec. 28, 2019

Plaiting as it were one crown of many colours and every sort of flowers, they offered it to God.

From Marius the Epicurean — Volume 2 by Pater, Walter

Plaiting straw is also exported from China and Japan.

From Commercial Geography A Book for High Schools, Commercial Courses, and Business Colleges by Redway, Jacques W. (Jacques Wardlaw)

Plaiting of straw braid is a separate industry, the domestic hat manufacturers being dependent upon foreign sources for their supply of braids.

From Men's Sewed Straw Hats Report of the United Stated Tariff Commission to the President of the United States (1926) by Commission, United States Tariff

"Sat his daughter Laughing Water, Plaiting mats of flags and rushes; Of the past the old man's thoughts were And the maiden's of the future."

From The Song of Hiawatha An Epic Poem by Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth