Meaning
Hair braided flat and tight to the scalp in neat rows, running from front to back or in patterns — called 'cane row' in Jamaica (and 'cornrow' elsewhere) because the rows look like planted rows of cane. A protective everyday style for children and adults, cane-rowing is a skill passed between mothers, sisters, and friends, done sitting between the knees for an hour or more.
Examples
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Mumma cane row mi hair fi school.
Mum braided my hair in cornrows for school.
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Di cane row neat an tight.
The cornrows are neat and tight.
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She good fi cane row hair inna pattern.
She's good at braiding cornrows in patterns.
Origin
From 'cane' (rows of sugar cane) + 'row'; the Jamaican name for cornrows. See [[plait]], [[natural-hair]].
How it’s used
Scalp braids in rows ('cornrows'); named for cane-field rows. See [[plait]], [[natural-hair]].