plait /pleɪt/noun 2verb 2forms 3 noun2 •A braid, as of hair or straw; a plat.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. — 1913 •A flat fold; a doubling, as of cloth; a pleat. verb2 •To interweave the strands or locks of; to braid •To fold; to double in narrow folds; to pleat formsplaited · plaiting · plaits
