Plait

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun A braid, as of hair or straw; a plat.

II. Plait ·noun A flat fold; a doubling, as of cloth; a pleat; as, a box plait.

III. Plait ·vt To Fold; to double in narrow folds; to Pleat; as, to plait a ruffle.

IV. Plait ·vt To interweave the strands or locks of; to Braid; to Plat; as, to plait hair; to plait rope.