embraid

English

Etymology

From em- +‎ braid.

Verb

embraid (third-person singular simple present embraids, present participle embraiding, simple past and past participle embraided)

1. (transitive) To braid up, to plait.

   embraided hair

   embraided locks

2. (obsolete, transitive) To tell off; to reprimand

   Synonym: upbraid

   • 1531, Thomas Elyot, The Boke Named the Governour […], London: […] Tho[mas] Bertheleti, →OCLC:

     Minutius , who embraided him with cowardice

References

• “embraid”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• biarmed, demibra