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braiding

American  
[brey-ding] / ˈbreɪ dɪŋ /

noun

  1. braids collectively.

  2. braided work.


braiding British  
/ ˈbreɪdɪŋ /

noun

  1. braids collectively

  2. work done in braid

  3. a piece of braid

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of braiding

1400–50; late Middle English. See braid, -ing 1

Example Sentences

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He glanced a moment at his mother, 60-year-old Bouthaina Warda, who was braiding his daughter’s hair, then turned to look at the coastal highway heading northward to Gaza City.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 12, 2025

Lives are altered as the salon workers go about their day braiding the hair of customers who range from docile and caring to feisty and acrimonious.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 7, 2025

There’s a kind of dialectic, dual track of braiding of hope and futility that runs all the way through the book.

From Salon • May 28, 2025

It was with my editor, Damian Rodriguez, a process of interweaving and braiding those three strands.

From Salon • May 23, 2025

Face painting, hair braiding, nail polishing—it had sounded like such a good idea.

From "The Lemonade War" by Jacqueline Davies