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Plait vs Plait - What's the difference?

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In transitive terms the difference between plait and plait

is that plait is to interweave the strands or locks of; to braid; to plat; as, to plait hair; to plait rope while plait is to interweave the strands or locks of; to braid; to plat; as, to plait hair; to plait rope.

plait

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A flat fold; a doubling, as of cloth; a pleat.
  • a box plait
  • * Addison
  • the plaits and foldings of the drapery
  • A braid, as of hair or straw; a plat.
  • Verb

    (en verb)
  • 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,
  • 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.

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    plait

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A flat fold; a doubling, as of cloth; a pleat.
  • a box plait
  • * Addison
  • the plaits and foldings of the drapery
  • A braid, as of hair or straw; a plat.
  • Verb

    (en verb)
  • 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,
  • 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.

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