Definition of "dreadlock"

dreadlock

noun
plural dreadlocks
1. A single strand of dreadlocks
verb
third-person singular simple present dreadlocks, present participle dreadlocking, simple past and past participle dreadlocked
1. To put (hair) into dreadlocks
  Quotations
  I paced the avenues, mane dreadlocked by city dirt.
  2004, David Benioff, When the Nines Roll Over and Other Stories‎, page 86