/playt, plat/ , n.
1. a braid, esp. of hair or straw.
2. a pleat or fold, as of cloth.
v.t.
3. to braid, as hair or straw.
4. to make, as a mat, by braiding.
5. to pleat.
[ 1350-1400; ME pleyt pleit plicitum, neut. of plicitus, ptp. of plicare to fold; see PLY 2 ]