PLAITING

plat'-ing, plat'-ing (from the Old French, pleit, which is from the Latin plicatum, "fold"): An interweaving, a braiding, a knot; an elaborate gathering of the hair into knots; emploke, "outward adorning of plaiting the hair" (1 Peter 3:3). Compare "platted" (crown of thorns) (Matthew 27:29 parallel Mark 15:17; John 19:2).

See BRAIDED; BRAIDING ,BRAIDING .

From the International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Edited by James Orr, published in 1939 by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.