different between plait vs sennit

English

Etymology

From Middle English pleit, from Anglo-Norman pleit (compare Old French ploit), from Latin plect?, which is akin to Old Norse flétta (Danish flette) and to Russian ???????? (spletat?). Doublet of plight (“plait, fold”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ple?t/, /plæt/
• Homophones: plate, plat
• Rhymes: -æt
• Rhymes: -e?t

Noun

plait (plural plaits)

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

   • the plaits and foldings of the drapery

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

Related terms

• pleat

Translations

Further reading

• Plait in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

Verb

plait (third-person singular simple present plaits, present participle plaiting, simple past and past participle plaited)

1. (transitive) To fold; to double in narrow folds; to pleat

2. (transitive) To interweave the strands or locks of; to braid

Translations

Anagrams

• Patil, Pilat, lapti

French

Verb

plait

1. Post-1990 spelling of plaît (third-person singular present indicative of plaire)

Anagrams

• pilât, pliât

Middle English

Etymology

From Old French plait, plet.

Noun

plait (plural plaits)

1. Alternative form of ple

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin placitum (“decree”).

Noun

plait m (oblique plural plaiz or plaitz, nominative singular plaiz or plaitz, nominative plural plait)

1. agreement
2. argument; dispute
3. court (of law)
4. plea; ask; demand

Related terms

• plaidier

Descendants

• ? Middle English: plait
  • English: plea
  • Scots: plaid

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (plait)
• plai on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub

English

Etymology

Perhaps from French coussinet, diminutive of coussin (“cushion”) because it is used to protect cables from fraying

Noun

sennit (countable and uncountable, plural sennits)

1. braided cord or fabric of such small stuff as plaited rope yarns
2. plaited or braided straw or grass which is used for making hats and for a variety of ornamental crafts

Alternative forms

• sennet

Translations

Further reading

• Platting on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de
• sennit on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

• Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967

Anagrams

• innest, nestin, sinnet, tennis, tensin