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21Plait — plaid, plait nm procès, jugement anc. fr …
22plaît — complaît déplaît plaît …
23plait — plait1 [plæt US pleıt, plæt] v [T] BrE to twist three long pieces of hair or rope over and under each other to make one long piece American Equivalent: braid ▪ She plaited her hair hurriedly. ▪ a plaited leather belt plait 2 plait2 n [Date: 1400… …
24plait — [plat] noun Brit. 1》 a single length of hair, rope, or other material made up of three or more interlaced strands. 2》 archaic term for pleat. verb form into a plait or plaits. Origin ME: from OFr. pleit a fold , based on L. plicare to fold …
25plait — [plæt] , American [pleɪt] noun [C] I a length of hair that is formed by twisting three separate lengths over each other II verb [T] plait [plæt]; American [pleɪt] to twist three lengths of hair or rope over and under each other in order to make… …
26plait — n. & v. n. 1 a length of hair, straw, etc., in three or more interlaced strands. 2 = PLEAT. v.tr. form (hair etc.) into a plait. Etymology: ME f. OF pleit fold ult. f. L plicare fold …
27plait|ed stitch — «PLAY tihd, PLAT ihd», a long embroidery stitch making a pattern similar to herringbone …
28Plait (gastropod) — A plait is a feature which is present in some snail shells. This feature occurs often in the shells of marine gastropod mollusks in the infraorder Neogastropoda, but it is also found in some pulmonate land snails.Plaits are folds on the columella …
29plait — n. [L. plicare, to fold] 1. Longitudinally folded or laid in pleats. 2. (MOLLUSCA: Gastropoda) Applied to folds on the columella or pillar …
30plait — /playt, plat/, n. 1. a braid, esp. of hair or straw. 2. a pleat or fold, as of cloth. v.t. 3. to braid, as hair or straw. 4. to make, as a mat, by braiding. 5. to pleat. [1350 1400; ME pleyt < MF pleit < L plicitum, neut. of plicitus, ptp. of… …
