"tresse" meaning in Middle English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈtrɛs(ə)/ Forms: tresses [plural]
Etymology: From Old French tresce, of unclear origin. Etymology templates: {{bor|enm|fro|tresce}} Old French tresce Head templates: {{head|enm|nouns|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} tresse, {{enm-noun}} tresse (plural tresses)
  1. braid, tress Categories (topical): Hair
    Sense id: en-tresse-enm-noun-vlq4BypK Disambiguation of Hair: 80 15 5 Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 54 18 28 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 72 11 17
  2. binds, cords (for hair or armour)
    Sense id: en-tresse-enm-noun-5dHYwia1
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: tress, tresce, trese Derived forms: tressen, tressour
Etymology number: 1

Verb

Head templates: {{head|enm|verb}} tresse
  1. Alternative form of tressen Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: tressen
    Sense id: en-tresse-enm-verb-PRmU7gLG
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Download JSONL data for tresse meaning in Middle English (2.3kB)

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Middle English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-06-29 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-06-20 using wiktextract (d4b8e84 and b863ecc). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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