Madonna braid

English en Etymology After the manner of Italian representations of the Madonna. Noun A smooth braid arranged on a side of the face. en Records of the Beau Monde. Fashions for September, 1828. Explanation of the Prints of the Fashions. La Belle Assemblée, or Court and Fashionable Magazine; Containing Interesting and Original Literature, and Records of the Beau-Monde VIII London Published by Geo. B. Whittaker,Ave-Maria Lane 1828 120 2 Madonna braids are next the face, and the curls beyond. Souvenir 1829 317 2 Madonna VI 2 19 1 The hair is beautifully arranged in a Madonna braid in front. en Margaret Jameson Training: A Tale of North-Country Life II London Tinsley Brothers,8, Catherine Street, Strand 1887 102 The luxuriant brown hair was coiled simply at the back, and confined by a tortoiseshell comb; the front was parted in Madonna braids from the clear, intelligent brow, and being exceedingly long, and simply crossed over the coil at the back of the head, hung down behind each ear in two or three beautiful drooping curls. en w:Margit Kaffka George F. Cushing Colours and Years Corvina Books Ltd. 1999 61 https://archive.org/details/coloursyears0000kaff/page/61/mode/1up 963 13 4463 0 Besides, at the piano sat Ágnes Kallós, István’s fiancée, in a white dress, her luxuriant hair in a Madonna-braid. en John Baker The Meanest Flood Orion Books 2003 134 https://archive.org/details/meanestflood0000bake/page/134/mode/1up 0 75285 661 8 He remembered her with her hair parted in the centre and arranged smoothly on either side of her face in a Madonna braid. References Madonna VI 2 19 1 en eponyms en Hair