plaitlessadj.
/ˈplatləs/, U.S. /ˈpleɪtləs/, /ˈplætləs/ rare.
Unpleated; having no plaits.
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1867 Chicago Tribune 24 July Those to whom Nature has been kind may drape forms of beauty in strictly plaitless garments which are the very perfection of style.
1881 A. Austin Savonarola ii. i. 76 This comely orphan would her tresses clip, Frame her young forehead in a plaitless veil.
1913 E. Ferber Roast Beef Medium viii. 198 In October it was plain that spring skirts, instead of being full as predicted, were as scant and plaitless as ever.
1961 H. E. Bates Now sleeps Crimson Petal 202 The sight of Tereu,..head thrown back, hair sweeping down past her hard fine hips like a black plaitless horse mane.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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