See Also: uncloister(dictionary)
plait(medicine)
plait(dictionary)
French plait(dictionary)
plait 1, verb(dictionary)
plait 2, noun(dictionary)
White bread plait(recipes)

plait 2, noun (oh) and uncloister (iou)


plait 2, noun (oh)



2 n [C]
[Date: 1400-1500; Language: Old French; Origin: pleit, from Latin plictus, past participle of plicare 'to fold']
BrE a length of something, usually hair, that has been plaited
American Equivalent: braidin plaits
::Jenni wore her hair in plaits.

uncloister (iou)



uncloister verb trans. E17.
[from UN-2 + CLOISTER verb.]
Release or remove from a cloister; set free, liberate.