Middle English Dictionary Entry
pleiting(e ger.
Entry Info
| Forms | pleiting(e ger. |
| Etymology |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
The process of folding or making pleats in (sth.); ?the process of weaving; ?a braid or knot; ~ bord, ?a table for folding or pleating.
Associated quotations
- (1400) Comp.R.in Frost Hullapp.13 : viij plityng bordes.
- (1400-1) LRed Bk.Bristol2.76 : Disceites queux diuersez gentz..facent sibien en fuller des draps come en pleityng et rekkyng et plusours aultres defautes.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)402 : Playtynge: Plicacio.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)284 : A Pletynge: jntricatura, participium.