plaitingn.
/ˈplatɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈpleɪdɪŋ/, /ˈplædɪŋ/ The action of plait v.; (concrete) a thing made of plaited strands; a collection or construction of plaits or pleats.Recorded earliest in plaiting-board n. at Compounds 2.
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the world > space > relative position > folding or folded condition > [noun] > pleating
plaiting1400
pleating?c1475
the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > sewn or ornamented textile fabric > [noun] > pleated fabric
plaiting1400
pleating?c1475
plissé1869
kilting1880
knife-pleating1895
the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > [noun] > braiding
plaiting1400
braidingc1440
French braiding1939
the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > sewing or ornamenting textile fabric > [noun] > pleating
plaiting1400
pleating?c1475
box pleating1861
the world > space > relative position > intertwining or interweaving > [noun] > plaiting
plattingc1400
broiding1601
plaiting1681
pladdinga1711
1400 in J. Raine Testamenta Eboracensia (1836) I. 260 (MED) Lego..unum platyngborde, cum uno strayte & hawetys.
1400–1 in F. B. Bickley Little Red Bk. Bristol (1900) II. 76 En fuller des draps come en pleityng et rekkyng.
Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 402 Playtynge, plicacio.
1582 Bible (Rheims) 1 Pet. iii. 3 Whose trimming let it not be outwardly the plaiting of heare, or laying on gold round about, or of putting on vestures.
1591 R. Percyvall Bibliotheca Hispanica Dict. at Engurriamiento Pleighting, rugositas.
1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Falde..a folding, an inwinding or a plaiting of a garment.
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 80 Plaiting and broiding of herbes and floures.
1631 J. Mabbe tr. de Rojas Celestina (1894) v. 101 A pocks upon these long and large playtings in my Petticoates; Fie how they rumple and fold themselves about my legges.
1681 J. Chetham Angler's Vade Mecum ii. 9 Keep them [sc. hairs] from entangling together, which hinders their right pleighting.
1772 J. Macgowan Infernal Conf. II. xvii. 264 I..was amazed to see the plaitings of hair, the tires of ruffles, and the labyrinthian furbeloes with which the women were decorated.
1882 Cent. Mag. 25 114 Crushing the limp plaitings of lace closer around her throat.
1895 T. Hardy Jude i. ii. 15 He pulled his straw hat over his face, and peered through the interstices of the plaiting at the white brightness, vaguely reflecting.
1969 E. H. Edwards Horseman's Guide 52 Plaiting, or crossing the forelegs one over the other when in movement, is..serious.
1974 R. Adams Shardik xvi. 112 He knelt down to it, fumbling and forcing at the wicker plaiting.
1995 D. Valenze First Industr. Woman vi. 116 The plaiting of straw similarly earned relatively high wages in the early eighteenth century, even though the trade was not the sole pursuit of rural women and children.
Compounds
C1. General attributive, as plaiting machine, plaiting process, etc.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > treating or processing textile fabric > [noun] > other processes > equipment for
comb1398
scrawc1563
scray1791
plaiting machine1813
canroy1836
needle-board1879
serigraph1881
ager1884
thread-counter1909
1813 J. Austen Let. 16 Sept. (1995) 224 I bought some very nice plaiting Lace.
1870 D. Rock Textile Fabrics (S. Kensington Mus.) Introd. p. xii Woollen stuff..wrought by the plaiting process without a loom.
1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. III. 1723/1 Of the numerous plaiting and tucking devices an example may be given.
a1884 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Suppl. 686/2 Plaiting Machine, a machine for plaiting goods in piece or strips.
1937 E. V. Mitchell Horse & Buggy Age v. 64 In Providence he saw a machine braiding shoe laces and bought the rights to it so he could adapt it to the plaiting of whips. Plaiting machines were also imported from England and Germany.
1985 I. Opie & P. Opie Singing Game xvii. cix. 390 The action of this ingenious plaiting game is an old dance-figure called ‘the basket’.
1988 Dressage Rev. Summer 38/4 He avoids horses that move wide in front, with a plaiting tendency.
C2. † plaiting-board n. Obsolete rare a board for plaiting.
plaiting-attachment n. Needlework a device in a sewing machine which makes or ‘runs’ tucks; cf. tucker n.1 6.
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1862 Godey’s Lady’s Bk. Mar. 290/1 The patent self-folding, tucking and plaiting attachment for all the various sewing-machines.
1907 N.E.D. at Plaiting Plaiting-attachment, a mechanical device attached to a sewing machine, by means of which the fabric is pleated.
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1400Platyngborde [see main sense].
plaiting-down apparatus n. part of the machinery used in the manufacture of artificial silk fabric.
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1927 T. Woodhouse Artificial Silk: Manuf. & Uses 134 The cloth is..passed over the inclined reversible inspecting board.., between a pair of drawing rollers, and finally to the plaiting-down apparatus.
plaiting knife n. that part of the mechanism of a plaiting machine which forms the pleat.
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1878 Scribner's Monthly Feb. 604/2 Each movement of the plaiting knife lifts the heater and pushes a plait under it.
a1884 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Suppl. 686/2 Lower the plaiting knife by adjusting the nut on screw F.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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