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    TITLE:      Fairchild's dictionary of textiles. Edited by Isabel B.
                   Wingate.
    PUBL.:      New York, Fairchild Publications
    FORMAT:     vii, 662 p. 24 cm.
    DATE:       1967
    OTHER NAME: Wingate, Isabel Barnum. ed.
    SUBJECT:    Textile fabrics--Dictionaries.
    LANGUAGE:   ENGLISH
    RID #:     hocm00869231b

PLAIT - To interlace strands, as rope, straw, or similar materials. Sometimes used as a synonym for braid, but generally restricted to the interlacing of foregoing materials, for baskets, hats, etc. (page 441)