A lock of hair hanging at the side of the face or head; a similar part of a wig. Now chiefly: spec. (in plural) long locks of hair hanging down in…

Originally (in men's hairstyles): a large ringlet of hair worn longer than the rest; = lovelock, n.1 More generally: any large, styled curl of…

A crescent front of false hair (French tour de cheveux). Obsolete exc. Historical.

Applied to various things resembling a snake in some respect. A long curl or tail attached to a wig. Obsolete.

A band or bands of false hair, or a set of false curls, worn by women over the forehead.

A mass of frizzled hair worn (by a woman) on the forehead; a frowze, or ‘frizz’.

False hair worn at the back of the head; a chignon.

the long plait, or queue, at the back of a ramillies wig.

Something worn on the forehead. = front, n. 9c. rare.

A band or cluster of small curls, usually artificial, worn on the forehead.

A curl or artificial lock of hair on the top of the head, esp. as a crowning feature of a periwig; a periwig in which the front hair was combed…

A piece of false hair worn as an adornment.

A long bunch or coil of hair, esp. of false hair worn by women to supplement the natural growth of hair.

In early use: an artificial curl of hair held in place by a hairpin (now historical). Later: a curl held in position during setting by a hairpin or…

(See quots. 1887 1960.)

(a) a name for a tropic-bird, from its long tail-feathers; (b) the tail of a wig.

A short curl of false hair, typically worn by women to hang over the forehead or under the brim of a hat, popular in the early 20th cent. More fully c…

a length of false hair used to augment the natural hair.

As an article of dress or personal adornment. North American. A long hairpiece that is attached to a person's natural hair at the crown of the head.

= toupee, n.