n. [ OE. tresse, OF. trece, F. tresse, LL. tricia, fr. Gr.
Her yellow hair was braided in a tress. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
Fair tresses man's imperial race insnare. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]
a.
n. A trestle. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Tressy. [ R. ] Sylvester. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ F. tresser to twist, plait. See Tress, n. ] (Her.) A kind of border similar to the orle, but of only half the breadth of the latter. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. (Her.) Provided or bound with a tressure; arranged in the form of a tressure. [ 1913 Webster ]
The tressured fleur-de-lis he claims
To wreathe his shield. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Abounding in tresses. J. Baillie. [ 1913 Webster ]