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tress definition

tress (tres)

noun

  1. Obsolete a braid or plait of hair
  2. a lock of human hair
  3. a woman's or girl's hair, esp. when long and falling loosely

Etymology: ME tresse < OFr, akin to It treccia < ? VL *trichea, a plait

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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