Plait Definition
plāt, plăt
plaited, plaiting, plaits
noun
plaits
Webster's New World
A braid of hair, ribbon, etc.
Webster's New World
A pleat.
American Heritage
verb
plaited, plaiting, plaits
Webster's New World
To braid or interweave.
Webster's New World
To pleat.
American Heritage
To make by braiding.
Webster's New World
Origin of Plait
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Middle English pleit fold, braid possibly from pleiten to fold, braid alteration (influenced by Old French pleit fold) of Old French plier, pleiir from Latin plicāre to fold plek- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Old French pleit, from Latin plecto, which is akin to Old Norse flétta (Danish flette) and to Russian сплетать (spletatʹ).
From Wiktionary
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