Poetic noun; cf. epsilon 318.
[1] Likewise or similarly in other lexica, including Apollonius' Homeric Lexicon (63.9), and cf. a scholion on Homer, Iliad 8.42, where the headword occurs (dative plural, of a horse's mane: web address 1 below). See also epsilon 320.
[2] Greek Anthology 6.279.1 (Euphorion, cf. epsilon 3801), on the ceremonial first cutting of a boy's hair; cf. Gow and Page (vol. I, 98), (vol. II, 285), and another excerpt from this epigram at pi 1784. Gow and Page note (vol. I, 98) that here the Anthologia Palatina transmits e)/plece (plaited, braided), but they follow the Suda in reading e)/pece (carded), a verb typically used for the shearing of animals (vol. II, 285).
[3] Greek Anthology 5.230.1 (Paul the Silentiary), Doris binds her lover's hands with the hair, but he is unable to break it. See another excerpt from this epigram at tau 639.