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French-braided, a.
Brit. |ˌfrɛn(t)ʃˈbreɪdɪd|, U.S. |ˌfrɛn(t)ʃˈbreɪdəd|
Forms: also with lower-case initial.
[Partly (chiefly in sense 1) ‹French braid n. + -ed suffix2, and partly ‹French adj. + braided adj., after French braid n. With sense 2 compare earlier French braiding n. 2 and later French-braid v.]
1. Trimmed with or patterned like French braid (see French braid n. 1). Now rare.
1847Mrs Hallett Nobodies' at Home Costume 3 French braided surtout, red ribbon order at the button-hole. 1888N.Y. Times 1 Apr. 9/2 (advt.) Jackets... French braided—newest shades. 1959Times 20 Jan. 10/1 The bride, who was given away by her father, wore a gown of French braided ivory lace.
2. Chiefly U.S. Of hair: arranged into a French braid. Of a person: having hair arranged into a French braid.
1956E. E. Perkins Eve among Puritans viii. 64 Evidently she was indicating Lucy's French-braided hair. 1982Sojourner (Nexis) 30 Sept. 23 French braided blond. 2002Kansas City Star (Nexis) 10 Mar. (Sports section) 3 Makenzie, in her warmups and french-braided dark-blond hair, looks just like a mini-version of her mother. |