braidedadj.
/ˈbreɪdɪd/ In some senses of the verb: † b. braided wares: goods that have changed colour, tarnished, faded. Obsolete.
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a. Plaited, woven, entwined; figurative tangled, intricate, as a dance.
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c. Embroidered; figurative rippled, as water by the wind.
d. Trimmed with braid, as ‘a braided coat’ (modern).
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society > trade and finance > merchandise > [adjective] > condition or quality of goods
middling1550
pedlaryc1555
shop-rid1620
shopworn1666
loyal1690
braided1721
country-damaged1847
shop-soiled1865
shoddy1882
as new1898
low-end1899
service weight1919
designer1940
high-end1956
loaded1968
market-leading1972
pound shop1989
society > leisure > dancing > style or manner of dancing > [adjective]
capering1595
fantastic1645
braided1747
gymnopaedic1850
cheek to cheek1909
heelwork1931
twinkle-toed1960
the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > ornamental textiles > ornamental trimmings > [adjective] > braid > ornamented with
braided1758
a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. ccxxiv. f. cxlvi For that tyme Clerkes vsed busshed and brayded hedys.
1598 J. Marston Scourge of Villanie i. iii. sig. D2 To yeeld his braided ware a quicker sale.
1653 T. Gataker Vindic. Annot. Jer. 10.2 183 They may the better help to vend such braided wares.
1710 R. Steele Tatler 245 ⁋2 Bracelets of braided Hair.
1721 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Braided, faded, that hath lost its colour.
1747 W. Collins Odes 17 In braided Dance their Murmurs join'd.
1758 S. Johnson Idler 8 July 105 She has boxes filled with..braided shoes.
1812 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Cantos I & II i. lxxxi. 48 With braided tresses bounding o'er the green.
1820 P. B. Shelley Prometheus Unbound i. i. 57 That planet-crested shape swept by on lightning-braided pinions.
1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) xxviii. 238 A braided frock-coat and duck trowsers.
1865 Ld. Tennyson On a Mourner 10 The swamp..With moss and braided marish-pipe.
1885 Cent. Mag. 29 501 I sought..the place Of the wind-braided waters.
e. Applied to a stream that divides, esp. at low water, into several channels.
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the world > the earth > water > rivers and streams > stream > [adjective] > dividing into several channels
braided1901
1901 Science 15 Nov. 778/1 This extensive deposit..is the product of aggradation by braided or laced streams.
1940 Geogr. Jrnl. 96 352 Three major types of rivers, actively downcutting, balanced meandering, and aggrading or braided.
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