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

“You are making all that up,” Luna said, tying her hair back in a long, black plait and hiding behind a curtain to change into her nightgown.

From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill

Bell is living up to the potential that she promised as a tall, ambitious teenager, boasting those trademark plaits and an infectious love of the game.

From BBC ● Mar. 20, 2024

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

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

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

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

She’s a brainy brunette wallflower, a fraying nerve barely held together by tightly plaited milkmaid braids.

From New York Times ● Nov. 15, 2022

It was tied with a string instead of plaited and I can still remember how sparkly white it looked in the sun.

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns

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

After she dried and wrapped her baby in a towel she hummed quietly while combing out the tangles and plaiting the damp hair.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver