Plait
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A plait may refer to:
  • Plait, also called a braid
    Braid
    A braid is a complex structure or pattern formed by intertwining three or more strands of flexible material such as textile fibres, wire, or human hair...

    , intertwined strands of, for example, textile or hair
  • Plait, now called a pleat
    Pleat
    A pleat is a type of fold formed by doubling fabric back upon itself and securing it in place. It is commonly used in clothing and upholstery to gather a wide piece of fabric to a narrower circumference....

    , a fold of fabric, used in clothing and upholstery
  • Plait (gastropod)
    Plait (gastropod)
    A plait is an anatomical feature which is present the shells of some snails, or gastropods. This sculpture occurs often in the shells of marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Neogastropoda, but it is also found in some pulmonate land snails....

    , a fold in the columella of a gastropod mollusc


Plait may also refer to:
  • Phil Plait, American astronomer, skeptic and blogger
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