tress
noun
[ trɛs ]
• a long lock of a woman's hair.
• "her golden tresses tumbled about her face"
Similar:
hair,
head of hair,
mane,
mop of hair,
shock of hair,
locks,
curls,
ringlets,
tress
verb
• arrange (a person's hair) into long locks.
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French tresse, perhaps based on Greek trikha ‘threefold’.
