tress : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: tress	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for tress
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tress n a hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair [syn: braid, plait, tress, twist]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tress \Tress\, n. [OE. tresse, OF. trece, F. tresse, LL. tricia, fr. Gr. tri`cha threefold, because a tress is usually formed by interlacing three pieces; akin to trei^s three. See {Three}.] 1. A braid, knot, or curl, of hair; a ringlet. Her yellow hair was braided in a tress. --Chaucer. Fair tresses man's imperial race insnare. --Pope. 2. Fig.: A knot or festoon, as of flowers. --Keats.