Category:Tress

Tress, n. Etym: [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.