Plait

1.

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

2.

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

1.

(TRANSITIVE) To fold; to double in narrow folds; to pleat; as, to plait a ruffle.

2.

(TRANSITIVE) To interweave the strands or locks of; to braid; to plat; as, to plait hair; to plait rope.