1 [U] thin coloured rope that is used to decorate furniture and military uniforms:
The general's uniform was trimmed with gold braid. * The curtains were trimmed with silk braid.
2 [C] (especially AmE) = PLAIT:
She wears her hair in braids.
verb [VN] (especially AmE) = PLAIT:
She'd braided her hair.
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for braid is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is braid a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, braid is tagged as noun.
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