tricatura

tricatura [cf. trica] 1 tress, braid of hair, (also) arrangement of hair. de tricatura mulieribus est sua cura Garl. Syn. 1587C; ~a, tresce Gl. AN Glasg. f. 21rb; a trissoure of a woman's hedde, trica, ~a CathA; hec ~a, a trussure WW; hec ~a, tresewyr WW. 2 mesh, intertwining or interlacing: a (of chain mail); b (of plant stem); c (of cloth). a sic lanceis prestat Venedotia adeo ut ictum hic lancea cominus datum ferrea lorice ~a minime sustineat Gir. IK II 5.  b sub vitis ‥ ~a seminudum securus exponit Map NC I 14 f. 12.  c aurifrigii nexus et ~as Neckam Ut. 101. 3 projection on plate inside lock, ward of a lock. a quo [ictu] ‥ nec ‥ corpus ferrea lorice ~a tuetur Gir. TH III 10 p. 151; ~a, warde of a lokke PP; ~a. a warde of a lok WW.