What is "unplaiting"

Usage examples of "unplaiting".

Rohan obliged her by unplaiting her long black braids and helping her finger-comb her hair.

She had finished unplaiting her hair and was brushing it out for the night when her father came in, looking very thoughtful.

He slouched back against the wooden wall behind him and seemed to concentrate all his attention on plaiting and unplaiting the last three-inch tuft of hair at the end of his left braid as he spoke.

She sat there for twenty minutes, her brain occupied with the problems confronting her, and her fingers plaiting and unplaiting the fringe of her shawl.

Smiling down at her, he picked up her braid and slipped the ribbon from the end, deftly unplaiting her hair.

He watched her fingers nervously plaitidg and unplaiting the end of a fringed scarf that she was wearing round her neck.

Jegrai's tone was still bitter, and he played with the end of his sash, plaiting and unplaiting the faded fringe.