braidingn.1
/breɪdɪŋ/ 1.
a. The action of plaiting, embroidering, etc.; (also) the action of making or applying braid.
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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > [noun] > braiding
plaiting1400
braidingc1440
French braiding1939
the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > sewing or ornamenting textile fabric > [noun] > embroidery or ornamental sewing
broidery1382
embroidery1393
braidingc1440
broideringa1450
surfling1490
stitching1521
surfle?1533
tracing1549
acupiction1663
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 49 Bredynge of lacys or oþer lyke, laqueacio, nectio, connectio.
b. Braids collectively.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > ornamental textiles > ornamental trimmings > [noun] > braid > collectively
braiding?1529
?1529 R. Hyrde tr. J. L. Vives Instr. Christen Woman i. ix. sig. K.iij Let nat ye outward apparell of women be decked with the braydyng of her heare.
c. Braided work; transferred embroidery; also figurative.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > sewn or ornamented textile fabric > [noun] > embroidery or ornamental sewing
broidery1382
browdingc1386
broideringa1450
broudur1470
bruserya1522
prickinga1527
orphany?1553
embroidery?1577
brede1644
braiding1831
stitch-work1848
Madras work1865
Madeira lace1882
Madeira work1882
paraffle1911
1831 J. Wilson in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 29 288 Some delicate braidings..along the calm of the Great Blue Sea of Heaven.
1849 W. M. Thackeray Pendennis (1850) I. xxiii. 211 A..gentleman enveloped in mustachios, whiskers, fur collars, and braiding.
2. braiding-machine n. one for weaving braid.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > [noun] > weaving > method of > weaving other types of fabric > loom or machine for
linen-loom1404
osset loom1543
traverse-warp machine1826
gauze-loom1858
braider1874
braiding-machine1874
velvet-loom1875
leno loom1964
broad-silk-
1874 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. I. 355/1 Braiding-machines are made of all sizes.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
† braidingn.2
Obsolete.
Upbraiding.
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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > reproach > [noun]
edwitc825
onsawOE
teenOE
upbrixlec1175
lasting?c1225
upbrud?c1225
upbraidc1275
upbraidingc1275
upbraidinga1300
umbraidc1330
atwiting1340
reprocec1350
reprocingc1350
reprucec1350
again-chidinga1382
brixlinga1400
reproachc1405
edwitinga1425
rebukec1454
forwitting1481
improperation1502
outbraiding1509
exprobration1526
checking1535
impropery1542
reproaching1542
braiding1552
improbation1556
taunting1563
twitting1565
upbraying1585
reproachmentc1592
umbraiding1597
monishment1896
1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Braiding or casting in teath.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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