French braid

noun

variants or less commonly french braid

plural French braids also french braids

: a braid of hair that starts usually high on the head with three small sections of hair and is formed by interweaving more sections of hair from each side into the braid as it continues down the head

French braids start high on the head and gracefully move down to the nape of the neck, gently sweeping in new strands of hair from both sides along the way.

—Helen Burggraf

And the Navy in 2018 expanded options for women to include a single braid, French braid or ponytail.

—Ileana Najarro

French braid verb

or less commonly french braid

French braided also french braided; French braiding also french braiding; French braids also french braids

liked to French braid her daughter's hair

Word History

First Known Use

1937, in the meaning defined above