- 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.
- a hairstyle consisting of such braids in close parallel rows.
- to arrange (hair) in cornrows.
- a Black, originally African, hair-style in which the hair is plaited in close parallel rows, resembling furrows in a ploughed field
