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tress

[ tres ]

noun

  1. Usually tresses. long locks or curls of hair.
  2. a plait or braid of hair.


tress

/ trɛs /

noun

  1. often plural a lock of hair, esp a long lock of woman's hair
  2. a plait or braid of hair


verb

  1. tr to arrange in tresses

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Derived Forms

  • ˈtressy, adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of tress1

1250–1300; Middle English tresse < Middle French: plait or braid of hair < ?

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Word History and Origins

Origin of tress1

C13: from Old French trece , of uncertain origin

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Example Sentences

A second gust of wind came from the cliff, blowing against his hand a long tress of her hair.

And the sun was glancing on many a gemmed fillet and many a ribbon-decked, blond tress that fell nigh to its proud owner's knees.

When they lifted him up and laid him on his bed, in his clenched right hand they found a small tress of a woman's dark hair.

If one cuts a tress of your hair with a stroke of the Sword of Light it will take you out of that slumber.

He once showed his wife a beautiful tress of Thyrzas hair, but never mentioned her real name.

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