Main Entry:

¹braid

Pronunciation:

\ˈbrād\

Function:

transitive verb

Etymology:

Middle English breyden to move suddenly, snatch, plait, from Old English bregdan; akin to Old High German brettan to draw (a sword)

Date:

before 12th century

1 a: to make from braids <braid a rug> b: to form (three or more strands) into a braid2: to do up (the hair) by interweaving three or more strands3: mix, intermingle <braid fact with fiction>4: to ornament especially with ribbon or braid

— braid·er noun