Definition of plait

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Plait (n.) A flat fold; a doubling, as of cloth; a pleat; as, a box plait..

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Gasket :: Gasket (n.) A line or band used to lash a furled sail securely. Sea gaskets are common lines; harbor gaskets are plaited and decorated lines or bands. Called also casket.
Gather :: Gather (n.) A plait or fold in cloth, made by drawing a thread through it; a pucker..
Plait :: Plait (v. t.) To interweave the strands or locks of; to braid; to plat; as, to plait hair; to plait rope..
Rumple :: Rumple (n.) A fold or plait; a wrinkle.
Flute :: Flute (n.) A similar channel or groove made in wood or other material, esp. in plaited cloth, as in a lady's ruffle..
Ruche :: Ruche (n.) A plaited, quilled, or goffered strip of lace, net, ribbon, or other material, -- used in place of collars or cuffs, and as a trimming for women's dresses and bonnets..
Frounce :: Frounce (n.) A wrinkle, plait, or curl; a flounce; -- also, a frown..
Plication :: Plication (n.) A folding or fold; a plait.
Trick :: Trick (a.) A knot, braid, or plait of hair..
Gauffer :: Gauffer (v. t.) To plait, crimp, or flute; to goffer, as lace. See Goffer..
Symplectic :: Symplectic (a.) Plaiting or joining together; -- said of a bone next above the quadrate in the mandibular suspensorium of many fishes, which unites together the other bones of the suspensorium..
Ammonite :: Ammonite (n.) A fossil cephalopod shell related to the nautilus. There are many genera and species, and all are extinct, the typical forms having existed only in the Mesozoic age, when they were exceedingly numerous. They differ from the nautili in having the margins of the septa very much lobed or plaited, and the siphuncle dorsal. Also called serpent stone, snake stone, and cornu Ammonis..
Tuck :: Tuck (n.) A horizontal sewed fold, such as is made in a garment, to shorten it; a plait..
Plaiter :: Plaiter (n.) One who, or that which, plaits..
Ply :: Ply (v.) A fold; a plait; a turn or twist, as of a cord..
Wimple :: Wimple (v. t.) To cause to appear as if laid in folds or plaits; to cause to ripple or undulate; as, the wind wimples the surface of water..
Plectile :: Plectile (a.) Woven; plaited.
Ruffle :: Ruffle (v. t. & i.) That which is ruffled; specifically, a strip of lace, cambric, or other fine cloth, plaited or gathered on one edge or in the middle, and used as a trimming; a frill..
Plaited :: Plaited (a.) Folded; doubled over; braided; figuratively, involved; intricate; artful..
Wimple :: Wimple (v. i.) To lie in folds; also, to appear as if laid in folds or plaits; to ripple; to undulate..
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