Associations to the word «Plait»

Wiktionary

PLAIT, noun. A flat fold; a doubling, as of cloth; a pleat.
PLAIT, noun. A braid, as of hair or straw; a plat.
PLAIT, verb. (transitive) To fold; to double in narrow folds; to pleat; as, to plait a ruffle.
PLAIT, verb. (transitive) To interweave the strands or locks of; to braid; to plat; as, to plait hair; to plait rope.

Dictionary definition

PLAIT, noun. A hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair.
PLAIT, noun. Any of various types of fold formed by doubling fabric back upon itself and then pressing or stitching into shape.
PLAIT, verb. Make by braiding or interlacing; "lace a tablecloth".
PLAIT, verb. Weave into plaits; "plait hair".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats