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Word entry · 5 letters

plait

Best crossword clue

"Braid of hair"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /pleɪt/Part of speech verb, nounSorted ailptStarts with PEnds with T1 cluesCommon crossword word
1P2L3A4I5T

Definitions

  1. A braid made by weaving strands of hair, fiber, or material together.

Word origin

From Middle English pleit, from Anglo-Norman pleit (compare Old French ploit), from Latin plectō, which is akin to Old Norse flétta (Danish flette), Russian плести́ (plestí) and also to Old English fleohtan, which it displaced. Doublet of plight (“plait, fold”) and pleat.

Used in a sentence

  • a box plait
  • the plaits and foldings of the drapery
  • 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.

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