Read full poem →These set the head, and those divide the hair,
Some fold the sleeve, whilst others plait the gown:
And Betty's prais'd for labours not her own.
Dictionary Entry
A flat fold; a doubling, as of cloth; a pleat.
In a Sentence
“a box plait”
Origin
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Common Phrases
. plaitpoint plaitplait vousplait longplait thickplait straw
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Poetry examples for “plait”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →These set the head, and those divide the hair,
Some fold the sleeve, whilst others plait the gown:
And Betty's praised for labours not her own.
Read full poem →Just as I wonder at the twofold screen
Of twisted innocence that you would plait
For eyes that uncourageously await
Read full poem →diamonds
Through the sieve of the straw of the plait.
. . . . . . . .
Read full poem →And the sunlight sidled, like dewdrops, like dandled diamonds
Through the sieve of the straw of the plait.
. . . . . . .
Read full poem →'Twixt the wall and me,
From the hair-plait's chestnut gold
To the foot in its muslin fold--