The meaning of TRESS is a long lock of hair; especially : the long unbound hair of a woman —usually used in plural.

Use the noun tress for a curl or ringlet, or as part of a head full of carefully curled tresses. Tresses has changed in meaning over the years and now refers to any hairstyle, but especially a woman’s long unbound hair.

TRESS definition: 1. a section or curl of someone's long hair: 2. a section or curl of someone's long hair: . Learn more.

There are six meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun tress, two of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

TRESS definition: a lock of hair , esp a long lock of woman's hair | Meaning, pronunciation, translations and examples

Define tress. tress synonyms, tress pronunciation, tress translation, English dictionary definition of tress. ) n. 1. A long lock or ringlet of hair. 2. Archaic A plait or braid of hair. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.

Her black tresses lay around her on the pillow. She unfastened her hair and shook out her tresses. She was a petite woman with bleached blond tresses that fell below her waist. Use a …

To braid or knot hair. From Old French tresce, of uncertain origin; possibly from Vulgar Latin * trichia < Ancient Greek. Compare French tresse, Italian treccia. How can a man have a tress growing out of his head? My eyes wandered to the fruit tress on the left of the brook.

Tress Shop, Kentucky, an unincorporated community located in Todd County, Kentucky, United States; Tress, a lock of hair

tress. A tress is a long lock or piece of human hair. It can also refer to plants or shrubs grown in a shape resembling a long lock or piece of hair.