plait

A flat fold; a doubling, as of cloth; a pleat.

a box plait

the plaits and foldings of the drapery

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

Only the hair as it arched so beautifully from her temples was mixed with silver, and the two simple plaits that lay on her shoulders were filigree of silver and brown.

To fold; to double in narrow folds; to pleat

to plait a ruffle

To interweave the strands or locks of; to braid

to plait hair

plaiting rope