plait

For the unaware, that classic acronym comes from the French phrase Répondez s'il vous plait.

From Salon ● Nov. 22, 2023

The male representative of this species proudly sports a pork pie straw hat, half Panama and half boater, so obviously transatlantic that every plait in it gives forth a twang.

From Washington Post ● May 2, 2023

Assembling a loaf of challah, the briochelike Jewish bread coated with a soft brown egg wash and braided in a classic plait, is another undertaking entirely.

From New York Times ● Dec. 1, 2021

Boys play marbles with rounded pebbles or guava stones; girls plait skipping ropes from the long grass at the edge of the village.

From The Guardian ● Aug. 10, 2019

Lore’s dark blond hair was braided in a thick plait down her back, and she stepped toward Ash and extended her hand over the table, giving her a measuring look.

From "Ash" by Malinda Lo

"My mam plaits it in two plaits so it goes directly between my spine... She has always plaited my hair since so it's kind of a tradition now."

From BBC ● Nov. 18, 2024

“When I was going to school, I wanted to be Fats Domino, Professor Longhair, and I would wear a wig with two plaits and call myself Professor Longhair,” Henry told the AP.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 8, 2024

Her mother then plaits her thick hair into two Dutch braids that fit under her helmet for the show ring.

From New York Times ● Mar. 3, 2023

And under questioning by Veronice Holt, Mayfield’s attorney, McDaniel acknowledged that Mayfield was never thinly built with dreadlocks or plaits — which is how a witness had described one of the shooters.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 8, 2022

By the small beam of light, August plucked out the tiny green leaves stuck in the plaits in May’s hair and tucked each one into her pocket.

From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd

Elsewhere in Haute Couture Week, Puerto Rican music star Bad Bunny sat front row for the Schiaparelli show in a pastel yellow-coloured suit and a tie of plaited golden strands.

From Barron's ● Jul. 6, 2026

The young millennial rocked different hairstyles and loved switching it up: a curly Afro one week, two-strand twists the next, micro plaited braids and a range of cornrow designs.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 19, 2024

This week, the bakers are instructed to make a plaited bread centerpiece.

From Salon ● Oct. 14, 2023

Her mother Julia Tiplady said the after-school club manager was loved by all who attended it, “especially the girls with long hair, as they would go home with different plaited hair every day”.

From BBC ● Jun. 17, 2021

One plaited her hair, while the other counted her uncountable moles.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy

It takes a willingness to understand and honor the hairstyle's origins and what that plaiting symbolizes to accept that not everybody should flaunt it.

From Salon ● May 2, 2025

With those scraps, she made a handful of purses and small pouches using techniques including plaiting, macramé and sashiko, a form of Japanese embroidery.

From New York Times ● Dec. 19, 2022

“It is less risky if we go as a group,” she said while plaiting her friend’s hair.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 9, 2022

John Frieda Frizz Ease Clearly Defined Gel was Aspiras' go-to while plaiting the two side braids, which he secured with clear elastics.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 29, 2018

He had paid Mama Joe so well that she protested, weakly, and said she should not take so much for plaiting the hair of Aunty Ifeoma’s niece.

From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie