A braid (also referred to as woven ) is a complex structure or pattern formed with braids of three or more flexible materials such as textile, wire, or hair yarn. Compared to the weaving process, which usually involves two separate and perpendicular groups of strands (warp and weft), the braid is usually long and narrow, with each component strand functionally equivalent in the zigzag forward through the overlapping mass of the other. The simplest and most common hair braid is a flat, sturdy three-strand structure. A more complex braid can be constructed from a number of random strands to create a broader structure. Some of the more complicated braids are the fish braid, the five-stranded braid, the braided rope, the French braid, and the tangle of waterfalls.
Braids have been created for thousands of years in many different cultures, and for various uses. Viking and Celtic generally use braids a few centuries ago. Traditionally, the materials used in braids depend on native plants and animals available in the local area.
When the Industrial Revolution arrived, mechanical braided equipment was created to increase production. The braiding technique is used to make straps with natural and synthetic fibers, and coaxial cables for radio use copper wire. Recently it has been used to make cover for fuel pipes in jet and ship planes, first using glass fiber, then stainless steel and Kevlar. Pipes for domestic pipes are often covered with stainless steel.
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Prehistory and history
The earliest known reproduction of the braid is about 30,000 years back: Venus Willendorf, now known in the academic world as Woman of Willendorf, is a female figure estimated between 28,000 and 25,000 BC. It has been debated whether or not he wears braided hair or some kind of wicker basket on his head. Venus of Brassempouy is estimated to be around 25,000 years old and shows, as it were, a braided hairstyle.
Another example of a different origin is traced back to a funeral site called Saqqara located on the Nile River, during the first dynasty of Pharaoh Menes.
During the Iron Age and Iron Age many people in the Near East, Asia Minor, Caucasus, Eastern Mediterranean and North Africa like Sumer, Elam, Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greek, Akkadians, Assyrian, Babylonian, Hittites, Amorites, Mitanni, Hattians, Hurrians, Arama , Eblaites, Israel, Phrygian, Lidia, Persia, Media, Parthia, Chaldea, Armenia, Georgia, Cilicia and Canaan/Phoenician/Carthage depicted in art with braided or styled hair and beard.
In some areas, interwoven is a means of communication. At first glance, one person can distinguish a lot of information about other people, whether they marry, mourn, or age for dating, just by observing their hairstyle. Braids are a means of social stratification. Certain hairstyles are different for a particular tribe or nation. Other styles tell others about the status of individuals in the community.
Africans like the Himba people of Namibia have been braiding their hair for centuries. In many African style hairstyles are unique and are used to identify each tribe. Patterns of hair or hairstyles can be an indication of one's community, age, marital status, wealth, power, social position, and religion.
Braiding is traditionally a social art. Because of the time it takes to braid the hair, people often take the time to socialize while braiding and tying their hair. It starts with the elders who make simple knots and braids for younger children. Older children watch and learn from them, start training on younger children, and ultimately learn traditional designs. This leads to a tradition of bonding between parents and new generations.
The early braid has many uses, such as decorative costumes, animal signs (such as camel girthes), sword decorations, bowls and hats (of palm leaves), locks (such as those made in Japan to secure valuable tea supplies through the use of complicated knots) , and weapons (slings, for example).
The ingredients used in braids may vary depending on the local ingredients. For example, South Americans use very fine fibers from alpaca and llamas wool, while North Americans use bison fiber. Around the world, vegetable fibers such as grass, nettles, and hemp have been used to make braids. In China, Korea, and Japan, silk is still the main ingredient used. In America, skin tissue is also common.
For African nomadic communities, India, North and South America, and the Middle East, the fabric is a practical tool for producing useful and decorative textiles. In other areas, such as the Pacific islands (where leaves and grass are braided), and for many hill tribes, braids are made using minimal equipment. Only when braiding became a popular work at home or school, as in China and Japan, and when the Industrial Revolution emerged, a special tool was developed to increase production and make it easier to produce more complicated braids..
Bananas are also very good for making straps, decorative objects, and hairstyles (also see pigtails, French braids). Dandy braid has been used to make hanging fiber artwork. Braiding is also used to prepare the mane and ponytail to be displayed like polo and polocrosse.
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Wrist strap and cable
Braiding creates a thicker and stronger composite rope than an unbroken thread strand. The braided straps are preferred by arborists, rock climbers, and in sailing sport because they do not rotate under load, just like a normal string strand. These ropes consist of one or more concentric tubular tires that surround several small twisted fiber ropes, or single straight fiber yarns, and are known as Kernmantle straps.
In electrical and electronic cables, braids are tubular sheaths made of metal bonds placed around a central cable to protect against electromagnetic interference. The braid is earthed while the central conductor (s) carries the signal. Interwoven can be used in addition to the foil jacket for improved shielding and durability.
Another use is for the litz wire which uses thinly insulated cable braids to carry high frequency signals with much lower losses of skin effect or to minimize the effect of proximity on the transformer.
Flat braids made of many copper wires can also be used for flexible electrical connections between large components. Many smaller cables consisting of interwoven are much more resistant to breaking under repetitive motions and vibrations than larger cable cables. A common example of this can be found connecting the car battery's negative terminal to the metal chassis.
Similar braids are used on pressurized rubber hoses, such as in pipes and hydraulic brake systems in cars. Braiding is also used for fibers for composite reinforcement.
The basic braid property is that removing one strand unlinks the other two, since it does not rotate. Mathematically, the braid with the property is called the Brunnian braid.
Woven Australia
Woven (or weave) with kangaroo skin has become a tradition widely practiced in rural Australia since the pioneering times. It is used in the production of fine leather belts, headbands, bridles, dogs, bullwhips, stockwhips, etc. Other skins are used for heavier products that are suitable for everyday use.
Other stuff
Gold braze and silver bouquets are components or trims of various types of formal wear, including military uniforms (in epaulettes, aiguillettes, on headgings).
Metaphors
Bait is often used figuratively to represent the fabric or combination, as in, "He braided many different ideas into a whole new one."
In some rivers and stream systems, small streams join together and divide again in many places. This flow system is said to be braided. These are often found in alluvial fans at the canyon outlets. This is the result of heavy sediment deposition at high flow followed by re-erosion at low currents. See also river delta.
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See also
- The braiding machine
- Braid Theory
- Cornrows
- Bubbles
- French Braid
- Kumihimo, Japanese braid
- Ply-split braiding
- Sennit
- Stockwhip
- Bucket box
References
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