plait

plait
noun
  1. (Brit.)a single length of hair, straw, rope, or other material made up of three or more interlaced strands
    (英)发辫;草辫;辫状物
    ■archaic term for pleat
    (古)。 同 pleat
verb
  1. [with obj.]form (hair, straw, rope, or other material) into a plait or plaits
    把(头发、草、绳等)编成辫状
    ■make (something) by forming material into a plait or plaits
    (用编辫方式)编制
语源
  1. late Middle English: from Old French pleit 'a fold', based on Latin plicare 'to fold'. The word was formerly also pronounced like ‘plate’; since late Middle English there has been an alternative spelling plat, to which the current pronunciation corresponds
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