English-Thai Dictionary

plait

N(ผม  เปีย  braid pie

 

plait

N รอย จีบ  รอย พับ เป็น กลีบ  pleat roi-jib

 

plait

VT จับ จีบ  pleat jab-jib

 

plait

VT ถัก เปีย  braid tak-pia

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PLAIT

n.[Gr. to twist. ] 1. A fold; a doubling; as of cloth.
It is very difficult to trace out the figure of a vest through all the plaits and folding of the drapery.
2. A braid of hair; a tress.

 

PLAIT

v.t.To fold; to double in narrow streaks; as, to plait a gown or a sleeve. 1. To braid; to interweave strands; as, to plait the hair.
2. To entangle; to involve.

 

PLAITED

pp. Folded; braided; interwoven.

 

PLAITER

n.One that plaits or braids.

 

PLAITING

ppr. Folding; doubling; braiding.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PLAIT

Plait, n. Etym: [OE. playte, OF. pleit, L. plicatum, plicitum, p.p.of plicare to fold, akin to plectere to plait. See Ply, and cf. Plat to weave, Pleat, Plight fold. ]

 

1. A flat fold; a doubling, as of cloth; a pleat; as, a box plait. The plaits and foldings of the drapery. Addison.

 

2. A braid, as of hair or straw; a plat. Polish plait. (Med. ) Same as Plica.

 

PLAIT

Plait, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Plaited; p. pr. & vb. n. Plaiting. ]

 

1. To fold; to double in narrow folds; to pleat; as, to plait a ruffle.

 

2. To interweave the strands or locks of; to braid; to plat; as, to plait hair; to plait rope.

 

PLAITED

PLAITED Plait "ed, a.

 

Defn: Folded; doubled over; braided; figuratively, involved; intricate; artful. Time shall unfold what plaited cunning hides. Shak.

 

PLAITER

PLAITER Plait "er, n.

 

Defn: One who, or that which, plaits.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

plait

plait |plāt, plat plæt | ▶noun a single length of hair or other flexible material made up of three or more interlaced strands; a braid. • archaic term for pleat. ▶verb [ with obj. ] form (hair or other material ) into a plait or plaits. • make (something ) by forming material into a plait or plaits. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French pleit ‘a fold, ’ based on Latin plicare ‘to fold. ’ The word was formerly often pronounced like “plate, ” which is the usual American pronunciation; since late Middle English there has arisen an alternative spelling plat, to which the current alternative pronunciation corresponds.

 

Oxford Dictionary

plait

plait |plat | ▶noun 1 Brit. a single length of hair, straw, rope, or other material made up of three or more interlaced strands. 2 archaic term for pleat. ▶verb [ with obj. ] form (hair, straw, rope, or other material ) into a plait or plaits. • make (something ) by forming material into a plait or plaits: a basket plaited from strips of flax. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French pleit ‘a fold ’, based on Latin plicare ‘to fold ’. The word was formerly often pronounced like ‘plate ’; since late Middle English there has been an alternative spelling plat, to which the current pronunciation corresponds.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

plait

plait /pleɪt |plæt /名詞 C 1 〖しばしば ～s 〗｟主に英 ｠編んだもの, (髪の )編んだお下げ (｟米 ｠braid )▸ wear one's hair in plaits [a plait ]髪をお下げにしている .2 (布の )ひだ (pleat ).動詞 他動詞 1 ｟主に英 ｠〈髪 麦わら ひもなど 〉を編む, 組む (｟米 ｠braid ).2 〈布など 〉にひだをとる .