Definition of "plaiting" [plaiting]

• Present participle of plait. (verb)

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• "Swantz reports that Zaramo women were highly skilled in plaiting such items as floor mats, baskets, bags, sacks, hats, food covers, and rope."
• "Amazingly my arms held up to all that combing and plaiting, which is good."
• "Crimping — and gauffering-machines are used for a kind of plaiting where much regularity is required, the articles being passed through two iron rollers fluted so as to represent the kind of plait or fold required."