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plait
[ pleyt, plat ]
noun
- a braid, especially of hair or straw.
- a pleat or fold, as of cloth.
verb (used with object)
- to braid, as hair or straw.
- to make, as a mat, by braiding.
- to pleat.
plait
/ plæt /
noun
- a length of hair, ribbon, etc, that has been plaited
- (in Britain) a loaf of bread of several twisting or intertwining parts
- a rare spelling of pleat
verb
- tr to intertwine (strands or strips) in a pattern
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- inter·plait verb (used with object)
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of plait1
C15 pleyt, from Old French pleit, from Latin plicāre to fold; see ply ²
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Example Sentences
Dans le bonheur de nos meilleurs amis nous trouvons souvent quelque chose qui ne nous plaît pris entièrement.
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"Petite monnaie, s'il vous plaît," he heard her say, stretching out the note.
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Dans le bonheur de nos meilleurs amis nous trouvons souvent quelque chose qui ne nous plaît pas entièrement.
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Voltaire has employed the same idea in his Ce qui plaît aux Dames, but whence he borrowed it we are unable to say.
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The man said nothing more, and the ladies, expecting the cry of "En voiture, s'il vous plaît!"
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