microbraid

English

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 The New York Times‎^[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 27 June 2024:

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