Etymology

braiding

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Today it means: A braided trimming used as decoration on clothes or curtains. Full definition →

Middle English breydynge
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  1. Middle English · inherited frombreydynge
  2. English todaybraiding

From Middle English breydynge; equivalent to braid + -ing.

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