microbraid

English

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Etymology

From micro- +‎ braid.

Noun

microbraid (plural microbraids)

1. A very thin braid in hair.
   • 2009 September 20, Sarah Maslin Nir, “The Rebirth, and the Beat, Goes On”, in New York Times‎:

     English is little heard, and women wrapped in Technicolor fabrics plait microbraids into customers’ hair as their colleagues beckon passers-by.