cornrow

[ kawrn-roh ]
/ ˈkɔrnˌroʊ /

noun

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.
Usually cornrows. a hair style consisting of such braids in close parallel rows.

verb (used with object)

to arrange (hair) in cornrows.

Origin of cornrow

An Americanism dating back to 1970–75; corn1 + row1

British Dictionary definitions for corn row

cornrow
/ (ˈkɔːnˌrəʊ) /

noun

a Black, originally African, hair-style in which the hair is plaited in close parallel rows, resembling furrows in a ploughed field