1. (n.) A flat fold; a doubling, as of cloth; a pleat; as, a box plait.

2. (n.) A braid, as of hair or straw; a plat.

3. (v. t.) To fold; to double in narrow folds; to pleat; as, to plait a ruffle.

4. (v. t.) To interweave the strands or locks of; to braid; to plat; as, to plait hair; to plait rope.

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