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plait
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plait

plait [ playt, plat ]


noun  (plural plaits)
Definition:
 
1. 
Same as  braid


2. handicraft 
Same as  pleat




transitive verb  (past and past participle plait·ed, present participle plait·ing, 3rd person present singular plaits)
Definition:
 
1. 
Same as  braid


2. handicraft 
Same as  pleat


[15th century. < Old French pleit< Latin plicit-, past participle of plicare "fold"]
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