Tress (?), n. [OE. tresse, OF. trece, F. tresse, LL. tricia, fr. Gr. τρίχα threefold, because a tress is usually formed by interlacing three pieces; akin to τρει̑σ three. See Three.] 1. A braid, knot, or curl, of hair; a ringlet.
Her yellow hair was braided in a tress. Chaucer.
Fair tresses man's imperial race insnare. Pope.
2. Fig.: A knot or festoon, as of flowers. Keats.