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.
Derivatives:
tressed adj. (also in comb.). tressy adj.
Etymology: ME f. OF tresse, perh. ult. f. Gk trikha threefold