2. A narrow fabric, as of wool, silk, or linen, used for binding, trimming, or ornamenting dresses, etc.
BRAID
Braid, n. Etym: [Cf.Icel. breg to move quickly.]
1. A quick motion; a start. [Obs.] Sackville.
2. A fancy; freak; caprice. [Obs.] R. Hyrde.
BRAID
Braid v. i.
Defn: To start; to awake. [Obs.] Chaucer.
BRAID
Braid, a. Etym: [AS. bræd, bred, deceit; akin to Icel. brag trick,
AS. bredan, bregdan, to braid, knit, (hence) to knit a net, to draw
into a net, i.e., to deceive. See Braid, v. t.]
Defn: Deceitful. [Obs.]
Since Frenchmen are so braid, Marry that will, I live and die a maid.
Shak.
BRAIDING
Braid"ing, n.
1. The act of making or using braids.