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braid

UK/bɹeɪd/ US/ˈbreɪd/ uncommon archaic obsolete uk
noun (2) verb (3)

noun

1.
2.

trimming used to decorate clothes or curtains

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verb

1.

make by braiding or interlacing

  • “lace a tablecloth”
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2.

decorate with braids or ribbons

  • “braid a collar”
3.

form or weave into a braid or braids

  • “braid hair”
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Origin

From Middle English braiden, breided, bræiden, from Old English breġdan (“to move quickly, pull, shake, swing, throw (wrestling), draw (sword), drag; bend, weave, braid, knit, join together; change color, vary, be transformed; bind, knot; move, be pulled; flash”), from Proto-West Germanic *bregdan, from Proto-Germanic *bregdaną (“to flicker, flutter, jerk, tug, twitch, flinch, move, swing”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrēḱ-, *bʰrēǵ- (“to shine, shimmer”). Cognate with Scots Scots brade, Scots braid (“to move quickly or suddenly”), Saterland Frisian braidje (“to knit”), West Frisian breidzje, Dutch breien (“to knit”), Low German breiden, German breiden, Bavarian bretten (“to move quickly, twitch”), Icelandic bregða (“to move quickly, jerk”), Faroese bregða (“to move quickly, react swiftly; to draw (sword)”) and Faroese bregda (“to plaid, braid, twist, twine”).

Phrases

  • box braids
  • braid bar
  • braid group
  • braid statistics
  • Brunnian braid
  • dookie braid
  • dooky braid
  • Dutch braid

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