Definizione monolingua

braid

braid (third-person singular simple present braids, present participle braiding, simple past braided, past participle braided or obsolete browden)

1. (obsolete) (transitive) To make a sudden movement with, to jerk.
2. (archaic) (intransitive) To start into motion.
   • Late C14: For verray wo out of his wit he breyde. — Geoffrey Chaucer, ‘The Franklins Tale’, Canterbury Tales
3. (transitive) To weave together, intertwine (strands of fibers, ribbons, etc.); to arrange (hair) in braids.

braid (plural braids)

1. (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) [...].

2. A weave of three or more strands of fibers, ribbons, cords or hair often for decoration. [from 16th c.]

Definizione dizionario braid

	treccia
	weave of three of more strands

gallone

intrecciare

Altri significati:

do up (hair)

intertwine

a braided thread or cord

A weave of three or more strands of fibers, ribbons, cords or hair often for decoration. [from 16th c.]

(obsolete) A sudden movement; a jerk, a wrench. [11th-17th c.]

(archaic) (intransitive) To start into motion.

(transitive) To weave together, intertwine (strands of fibers, ribbons, etc.); to arrange (hair) in braids.

(obsolete) (transitive) To make a sudden movement with, to jerk.