braided

verb

1. (form-of, participle, past)simple past and past participle of braid

   “That concertina was a wonder in its way. The handles that was on it first was wore out long ago, and he'd made new ones of braided rope yarn. And the bellows was patched in more places than a cranberry picker's overalls.”

adj

1. (not-comparable, usually)Plaited, woven, entwined.
2. (not-comparable, usually)Divided into several channels.

   “Further upstream, at the gravel mining site near the mouth of Sweetwater Creek, the Arroyo Seco channel is very braided and shallow with some exposed bedrock ledges.”