English edit

Etymology edit

micro- +‎ braid

Noun edit

microbraid (plural microbraids)

  1. A very thin braid in hair.
    • 2009 September 20, Sarah Maslin Nir, “The Rebirth, and the Beat, Goes On”, in New York Times[1]:
      English is little heard, and women wrapped in Technicolor fabrics plait microbraids into customers’ hair as their colleagues beckon passers-by.