plaiters's Usage Examples:

, who transferred to Luton the colony of Lorraine plaiters whom Mary queen of Scots had settled in Scotland.

), and the strawplaiters of Bedfordshire (at Luton and Dunstable), deserve mention among localized industrial communities.

The finest work is excessively trying to the eyes of the plaiters, who can at most give to it two or three hours' labour daily.

The plaiters work up the material in a damp state, either into whole straw or split straw plaits.

These pipes are made up in small bundles, bleached in sulphur fumes in a closed chest, assorted into sizes, and so prepared for the plaiters.

The result is that, while the Luton trade in the manufacture of straw and fancy hats of every description has largely extended, the number of English plaiters, all told, was not more than a few hundreds in 1907, as compared with 30,000 in 1871.

Synonyms:

skilled workman, trained worker, skilled worker,

Antonyms:

civilian, nonworker,