<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>a type of braid, originating in Africa, in which a narrow strip of hair is plaited tightly against the scalp from front to back or from side to side.</li><li>usually cornrows.</li><li>a hairstyle consisting of such braids in close parallel rows.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used with object) to arrange (hair) in cornrows.</li></ul>