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Plait

1911 Encyclopedia Britannica

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(through O. Fr. pleit, from Lat. plicitum, folded, plicare, to fold), properly a fold, especially a fold of cloth, now usually in the collateral form "pleat." "Plait" is now principally applied to entwined strands of ribbon, hair, straw or fibre.

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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Plait'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​p/plait.html. 1910.
 
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