Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act or process of making plaits or folds, or of interweaving or braiding two or more strands, fibers, etc.
- noun Plaits, folds, or braids taken collectively.
- noun In hat-making, the felting or interweaving of the hair to form the body by means of pressure, motion, moisture, and heat. Also called
hardening .
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- verb Present participle of
plait .
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Examples
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Swantz reports that Zaramo women were highly skilled in plaiting such items as floor mats, baskets, bags, sacks, hats, food covers, and rope.
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Amazingly my arms held up to all that combing and plaiting, which is good.
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Crimping — and gauffering-machines are used for a kind of plaiting where much regularity is required, the articles being passed through two iron rollers fluted so as to represent the kind of plait or fold required.
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Crimping — and gauffering-machines are used for a kind of plaiting where much regularity is required, the articles being passed through two iron rollers fluted so as to represent the kind of plait or fold required.
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He very much admired the characteristic hexagonal plaiting.
Steve Beimel: Meetings With Remarkable People in Japan: Jozan Sugita
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He very much admired the characteristic hexagonal plaiting.
Steve Beimel: Meetings With Remarkable People in Japan: Jozan Sugita
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For a young man using stud or plaiting your hair, hell awaits you ...
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He very much admired the characteristic hexagonal plaiting.
Steve Beimel: Meetings With Remarkable People in Japan: Jozan Sugita
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For a young man using stud or plaiting your hair, hell awaits you ...
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A Roman head-dress formed by plaiting the hair in a cone above the forehead, worn esp. by the Flamen and his wife.
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