Found 2 hits - Term: tress, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
tress \tress\, n. oe. tresse, of. trece, f. tresse, ll. tricia,
fr. gr. tri`cha threefold, because a tress is usually formed
by interlacing three pieces; akin to trei^s three. see
three.
1. a braid, knot, or curl, of hair; a ringlet.
1913 webster
her yellow hair was braided in a tress. --chaucer.
1913 webster
fair tresses man's imperial race insnare. --pope.
1913 webster
2. fig.: a knot or festoon, as of flowers. --keats.
1913 webster
see also:
three
- [2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
tress
n : a hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair syn: braid,
plait, twist
see also:
braid plait twist
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