TRESS


Meaning of TRESS in English

n. & v.

n. 1 a long lock of human (esp. female) hair. 2 (in pl.) a woman's or girl's head of hair.

v.tr. arrange (hair) in tresses. tressed adj. (also in comb.). tressy adj.

[ ME f. OF tresse, perh. ult. f. Gk trikha threefold ]

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