Definition of Braids

1. Noun. A style of hair in which the hair is interweaved into thin locks. ¹

2. Noun. (plural of braid) ¹

3. Verb. (third-person singular of braid) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Braids

1. braid [v] - See also: braid

Lexicographical Neighbors of Braids

brahmas
brahmin
brahminic
brahminical
brahmo-somaj
brahmoism
braid
braide
braided
braider
braiders
braidest
braiding
braidings
braidlike
braids (current term)
braies
brail
brailed
brailing
braille
brailled
brailler
braillers
brailles
braillewriter
braillewriters
brailling
braillist
braillists

Literary usage of Braids

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Sketch of the History of Attleborough: From Its Settlement to the Division by John Daggett, Amelia Daggett Shellfield (1894)
"The company manufactures worsted dress braids, alpaca braids, mohair coat bindings, and silk, linen, and cotton braided ..."

2. Comparison of the Customs Law of 1883 with the New Law of 1890: With Index by United States, Senate, Congress, Committee on Finance (1890)
"Cotton cords, braids, boot, shoe, and corset lacings, thirty- five cents per pound ; cotton gimps, ..."

3. God's Puppets by William Allen White (1916)
"He kissed her and made way for a child in her little nightie with braids down her back, coming to say her belated prayers. The mother fondled the girl for a ..."

4. Catalogue of the Exhibition of Paintings of Hokusai by Ernest Francisco Fenollosa (1901)
"... and the exceeding beauty woven in pure line out of the heavy twists and braids of the long hair. 145. BY HOKUSAI. About Bunsei 11th. (1828 AD) Unsigned. ..."

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