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Webster 1913 Edition
Untressed
Un-tressed′
,Adj.
Not tied up in tresses; unarranged; – said of the hair.
Chaucer.
Definition 2024
untressed
untressed
English
Adjective
untressed (not comparable)
- Loose, not in tresses.
- 13??, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales
- Hir heris han they kembd, that lay untressed
- 1906, Charles Montagu Doughty, The Dawn in Britain
- With bosom loosely knit and untressed locks
- 2004, Catherine Richardson, Clothing Culture, 1350-1650
- The headbands were worn on the forehead and fastened behind, so the top of the head was open and untressed hair flowed down the back.
- 13??, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales