If you had cared to waste one of your red-brown tresses on him, you could have drawn him by a single hair.

The meaning of TRESS is a long lock of hair; especially : the long unbound hair of a woman —usually used in plural.

TRESS definition: Usually tresses. long locks or curls of hair. See examples of tress used in a sentence.

3 meanings: 1. a lock of hair, esp a long lock of woman's hair 2. a plait or braid of hair 3. to arrange in tresses....

Definition of tresses noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

tress /trɛs/ n. [countable] Usually, tresses. [plural] long locks or curls of hair, esp. those of a woman: her dark brown tresses hanging to her shoulders.

(By extension) A long lock of hair (esp. that of a woman), without any sense of its being plaited or braided; mostly in plural tresses. (The usual current sense.)

tresses meaning, definition, what is tresses: a woman’s beautiful long hair: Learn more.

The use of 'tresses' to refer to both hair and rope/cord dates back to the 14th century. Over time, it has evolved to encompass various decorative or ornamental strands, whether in the form of hair or other …

Use the noun tress for a curl or ringlet, or as part of a head full of carefully curled tresses. Tresses has changed in meaning over the years and now refers to any hairstyle, but especially a woman’s long …