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braided

British  
/ ˈbreɪdɪd /

adjective

  1. (of a river or stream) flowing in several shallow interconnected channels separated by banks of deposited material

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One theory is that the moniker emerged from a cowpoke misinterpretation of the Spanish word galón, for braided hat-bands.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 23, 2026

The teen is wearing black glasses and braided hair styled in a bun with blue highlights.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 2026

She’s also become a pop-cultural style icon, revered for the way she wore Mexican folk dress and braided her hair.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025

Hemingway wrote of long braided strands of garlic around the necks of San Fermín revelers.

From Salon • Nov. 8, 2025

The woman herself was barely taller than Anya, and much rounder, with black hair like Mama’s braided all the way down her back.

From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack

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