plaÌ„t´ing, plat´ing (from the Old French, pleit, which is from the Latin plicatum, “foldâ€): An interweaving, a braiding, a knot; an elaborate gathering of the hair into knots; ἐμπλοκηÌ, emplokeÌ„Ì, “outward adorning of plaiting the hair†(). Compare “platted†(crown of thorns) ( parallel ; ). See BRAIDED, BRAIDING.