plait
noun
a braid, especially of hair or straw.
was plaiting
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past progressiveof plait.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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A wigmaker was plaiting those goofy braids and a jeweler was fabricating the pearl-and-ruby crown.
From New York Times ● Apr. 3, 2011
She was plaiting rushes together into a belt, and Bessie thought she was weaving a spell and sprang upon her.
From Lore of Proserpine by Maurice Henry Hewlett
I have got a pipe he was plaiting.
From Andromache A Play in Three Acts by Gilbert Murray
A girl of fifteen, perhaps, was plaiting pandanus-leaf to make a hat, and an old woman was sitting on her haunches smoking a pipe.
From Moon and Sixpence by W. Somerset (William Somerset) Maugham
She was plaiting her hair then, and had a hairpin between her lips so that her voice was a little indistinct, but her words fell like gunshots into my ears.
From The Claw by Cynthia Stockley
