tress

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   literary, often plural: a long lock, curl, or braid of hair

   A dark tress had fallen loose across her cheek.

From Middle English tresse, from Old French tresce. Its deeper origin is uncertain, but it may descend from a Late Latin form related to Greek trikhia, 'rope,' and thrix, 'hair.'

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