plait

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

From Salon ● Nov. 22, 2023

"When we saw the photo and she's sitting there with her plait and her doll she would say, 'I wonder who the other two girls are?',"

From BBC ● Jul. 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

I would sooner plait my lower back hair than care enough about my natural brow bridge to remove it.

From The Guardian ● May 3, 2017

“I will plait your hair after lunch,” she said, turning to leave.

From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Education Minister Nyan Gadsby Dolly called for new rules that would allow students to wear Afros, locks, twists, plaits and cornrows, which are called canerows in the Caribbean in reference to sugarcane.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 7, 2023

Patricie: No, we have carefully planned the plaits not to be longer than our ankles.

From BBC ● May 11, 2023

They specified that the ban on discrimination includes natural Afro hairstyles, braids, cornrows, plaits and head coverings.

From New York Times ● Oct. 27, 2022

We don't bother with complicated eight-strand plaits or intricate rounds, and instead opt for a classic three-strand braid.

From Salon ● Mar. 13, 2022

Almost a week ago, Mama put it into two practical plaits down my back, but they’re getting frizzy at the edges.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray

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

The younger one, with a deep-brown tone like Jackson and plaited pigtails, grinned half a mouth of teeth and clutched a small furry thing in her hands.

From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste

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

Women and children worked in the neighboring sheds, twisting hair, weaving hair, plaiting hair with thread.

From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie