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

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

Parvati scowled and removed a large ornamental butterfly from the end of her plait.

From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling

An ecru wool crepe cape with long, draping sleeves set the classical tone, with the gathered plaits of the models’ hair, a throwback to times past.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 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

Some quipus descend from high ceilings like the bloody entrails of ancient matriarchs; others are nothing more than plaits of grass.

From New York Times ● Aug. 25, 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

Beside him is a woman in a long flowery-patterned dress, tightly tied-up plaits crossed over her head and a face that looks to be held in place almost as tightly as her hair.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler

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

A tad dramatic perhaps but to be fair, Woodburn's plaited, platinum bun was iconic.

From BBC ● Jun. 17, 2025

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

Olanna touched her hair, newly plaited with black thread.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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

“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

Still, Mcdonald's skill as a director is in plaiting pauses and speech together to make an ordinary play look good and a good one scintillating.

From The Guardian ● Jul. 13, 2013

Beneath him, Loki saw a huge grave mound, and sitting on it, plaiting a dog collar, was the hugest, ugliest ogre of a giant he had ever seen.

From "Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman