late 14c., "to fold, gather in pleats," also "to braid or weave," from Old French pleir "to fold," variant of ploier, ployer "to fold, bend," from Latin plicare "to fold" (see ply (v.1)). Related: Plaited; plaiting.
plait (n.)
c. 1400, "a fold, a crease," from Anglo-French pleit, Old French ploit, earlier pleit, "fold, manner of folding," from Latin plicatus, past participle of plicare "to lay, fold, twist" (see ply (v.1)). Meaning "interlaced strands of hair, ribbon, etc." is from 1520s, perhaps from plait (v.).
例文
1. Joanna parted her hair，and then began to plait it into two thick braids.
ジョアンナは髪を分け、それを2本の太いお下げにし始めた。
2.The women plait mats in their threshing-fields or courtyards，vast quantities of silvery，snow-white mats.
女たちは、その場の庭に席を編んでいます。何席編成されていますか。
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3.The montage shears the plait table that the cutting is like music.
モンタージュクリップは音楽のように編集されている。
4.The flexible portion of a whip，such as a plait or thong.
鞭鞭鞭上の柔軟で曲がりやすい部分、例えば鞭状物や鞭.
5. Reporter side plaIt 'side ask: " how much money a month? 「