Braid vs Plait - What's the difference?
braid | plait |
(obsolete) To make a sudden movement with, to jerk.
(archaic) To start into motion.
To weave together, intertwine (strands of fibers, ribbons, etc.); to arrange (hair) in braids.
* Milton
To mix, or make uniformly soft, by beating, rubbing, or straining, as in preparing food.
(obsolete) To reproach; to upbraid.
(obsolete) A sudden movement; a jerk, a wrench.
*, Bk.XII, ch.ii:
*:And than in a brayde Sir Launcelot brake hys chaynes of hys legges and of hys armys (and in the brakynge he hurte hys hondys sore).
:(Sackville)
A weave of three or more strands of fibers, ribbons, cords or hair often for decoration.
A fancy; freak; caprice.
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(obsolete) deceitful
* Shakespeare
A flat fold; a doubling, as of cloth; a pleat.
* Addison
A braid, as of hair or straw; a plat.
To fold; to double in narrow folds; to pleat; as, to plait a ruffle.
To interweave the strands or locks of; to braid; to plat; as, to plait hair; to plait rope.
* 1900 , , The House Behind the Cedars , Chapter I,
In transitive terms the difference between braid and plait
is that braid is to weave together, intertwine (strands of fibers, ribbons, etc.); to arrange (hair) in braids while plait is to interweave the strands or locks of; to braid; to plat; as, to plait hair; to plait rope.As verbs the difference between braid and plait
is that braid is to make a sudden movement with, to jerk while plait is to fold; to double in narrow folds; to pleat; as, to plait a ruffle.As nouns the difference between braid and plait
is that braid is a sudden movement; a jerk, a wrench while plait is a flat fold; a doubling, as of cloth; a pleat.As an adjective braid
is deceitful.braid
English
(wikipedia braid)Etymology 1
From (etyl) braiden, breiden, .Alternative forms
* brayde (obsolete), breyde (obsolete)Verb
- Braid your locks with rosy twine.
- (Shakespeare)
Noun
(en noun)External links
* * * (commonslite)Etymology 2
Adjective
(en adjective)- Since Frenchmen are so braid , / Marry that will, I live and die a maid.
Anagrams
* ----plait
English
Noun
(en noun)- a box plait
- the plaits and foldings of the drapery
Verb
(en verb)- Her abundant hair, of a dark and glossy brown, was neatly plaited and coiled above an ivory column that rose straight from a pair of gently sloping shoulders, clearly outlined beneath the light muslin frock that covered them.