Crossword clues for braiding
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Braid \Braid\ (br[=a]d), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Braided; p. pr. & vb. n. Braiding.] [OE. braiden, breiden, to pull, reach, braid, AS. bregdan to move to and fro, to weave; akin. to Icel. breg[eth]a, D. breiden to knit, OS. bregdan to weave, OHG. brettan to brandish. Cf. Broid.]
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To weave, interlace, or entwine together, as three or more strands or threads; to form into a braid; to plait.
Braid your locks with rosy twine.
--Milton. To mingle, or to bring to a uniformly soft consistence, by beating, rubbing, or straining, as in some culinary operations.
To reproach. [Obs.] See Upbraid.
--Shak.
Braiding \Braid"ing\, n.
The act of making or using braids.
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Braids, collectively; trimming.
A gentleman enveloped in mustachios, whiskers, fur collars, and braiding.
--Thackeray.
Wiktionary
n. A braided trimming used as decoration on clothes or curtains vb. (present participle of braid English)
WordNet
n. trimming used to decorate clothes or curtains [syn: braid, gold braid]
Usage examples of "braiding".
Lady Fatima for the occasion, included a short blouse and pantaloons of emerald silk covered by a barracan of softest mint green edged with gold braiding.
The tinnitus was operational pretty well full time, and that toothache of mine got much more complicated: it would kick me awake with sirens of pain, loud, inordinate, braiding, twisting, like currents in a river.
They stopped at the fallen trunk for a rest, and Veronique sat cross-legged on the log, braiding a daisy chain.
Dem Lia, confirming why the Ousters seemed to have no metal and why there was no Templar-grown forest ring braiding this alien one.
Celtic art, the flowing spirals and triskelia of the Gauls, the beautiful lacings and braidings of the Irish monks, by all means do yourself a favour and browse through a book about them in a library or bookshop.
She dug out her wooden comb from her pouch, undid her braid, and untangled her hair before braiding it up again.
If you've never seen any Celtic art, the flowing spirals and triskelia of the Gauls, the beautiful lacings and braidings of the Irish monks, by all means do yourself a favour and browse through a book about them in a library or bookshop.
Hailsmen kept their hair shortest of all clans, scorning the intricate plaitings, braidings, oilings, and part shavings that were as much a part of the clanholds as the white heather that bloomed on the fellfields each spring.
Annalise waltzed amid the hissing masses of evening gowns as I struggled to find my size in patent shoe, keeping up a non-stop commentary about hems and darts and braidings.
Angela was a fidgeter, always tapping her foot or restlessly braiding her hair or straightening stacks of books.
Between the spiral slashes, galloon braiding separated rows of pearls.
Knotting, braiding, and weaving were varieties of imitative magic.
This braiding repeats on a larger scale like threads twisting to form ropes, creating inhomogeneity and complexity as an inherent tendency of plasma structures.
Instead, like braiding, the recitation interwove to form a cord of netted energies.
Her lined lips made no comment Her only sounds were the soft jangle of two sheathless Rassua dirks on her belts, pinging against brass loops woven into die leather braiding of her leggings, and the ponk ponk of her sandals' thick soles.