Plait

Definitions

1. A flat fold; a doubling, as of cloth; a pleat.
2. A braid, as of hair or straw; a plat.

Equivalents

Examples

“a box plait”

“the plaits and foldings of the drapery”

“Only the hair as it arched so beautifully from her temples was mixed with silver, and the two simple plaits that lay⟳ on her shoulders were filigree of silver and brown.”

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