ETYM Cf.Icel. bregha to move quickly.
1. A hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair; SYN. plait, tress, twist.
2. Length of entwined threads, cords, or yarns used to decorate clothes or curtains; SYN. gold braid, braiding.

1. A small cord covered with cloth, used as trimming for women clothing.
2. Pipes, collectively
3. The act of playing on a pipe, such as a flute.

1. A complex of fibers or filaments that are twisted together to form a thread or a rope or a cable.
2. A pattern forming a unity within a larger structural whole
3. A poetic term for a shore (as the area periodically covered and uncovered by the tides).