tress Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair
    twist; braid; plait.

WordNet

Tress noun
Etymology
OE. tresse, OF. trece, F. tresse, LL. tricia, fr. Gr. tri`cha threefold, because a tress is usually formed by interlacing three pieces; akin to trei^s three. See Three.
Definitions
  1. A braid, knot, or curl, of hair; a ringlet.
    Her yellow hair was braided in a tress. Chaucer.
    Fair tresses man's imperial race insnare. Pope.
  2. Fig.: A knot or festoon, as of flowers. Keats.

Webster 1913