braid
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[edit] Etymology
Old English breġdan, from Germanic *bregdan. Cognate with Dutch breien.
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /breɪd/
[edit] Verb
braid (third-person singular simple present braids, present participle braiding, simple past braided, past participle braided or obsolete browden)
- (obsolete) (transitive) To make a sudden movement with, to jerk.
- (archaic) (intransitive) To start into motion.
- Late C14: For verray wo out of his wit he breyde. — Geoffrey Chaucer, ‘The Franklin's Tale’, Canterbury Tales
- (transitive) To weave together, intertwine (strands of fibers, ribbons, etc.); to arrange (hair) in braids.
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intertwine
[edit] Noun
braid (plural braids)
- (obsolete) A sudden movement; a jerk, a wrench. [11th-17th c.]
- 1485, Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book XII:
- And than in a brayde Sir Launcelot brake hys chaynes of hys legges and of hys armys (and in the brakynge he hurte hys hondys sore) [...].
- 1485, Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book XII:
- A weave of three or more strands of fibers, ribbons, cords or hair often for decoration. [from 16th c.]
[edit] Translations
weave of three of more strands
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[edit] External links
- braid in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- braid in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
Braid on Wikimedia Commons. Wikimedia Commons
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[edit] Romanization
braid
- Romanization of 𐌱𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌳
