chevelure

American  

[shev-uh-loor, shuhv^uh-lyr] / ˌʃɛv əˈlʊər, ʃəvəˈlür /

noun

1. a head of hair.

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Etymology

Origin of chevelure

First recorded in 1450–1500; late Middle English cheveler, chefe-lere, cheweler ; from Old French cheveleüre “head of hair, wig,” from Latin capillātūra “hairlike flaw in a gem or gemstone,” derivative of the adjective capillātus “longhaired,” derivative of capillus “the hair on the head”

Example Sentences

"La chevelure dorée is quite as pretty by daylight, Ernest," said De Concressault.

From Beatrice Boville and Other Stories by Ouida

Again the bowie blade was called upon to serve as scissors; and with Garey to perform the tonsorial feat, the chevelure of the Indian was shorn of its flowing glories.

From The War Trail The Hunt of the Wild Horse by Reid, Mayne

Instead of heads � la Grecque, or in the Vandyke fashion, their whole chevelure was disordered, and their side-locks straightened into long strings, and clinging, wet and ungraceful, to their cheeks.

From Pencil Sketches or, Outlines of Character and Manners by Leslie, Eliza

The chevelure of Sure-shot, well saturated with charcoal paste, assumed a different hue.

From The Wild Huntress Love in the Wilderness by Reid, Mayne

Une chevelure de po�te, the eye of an eagle, the moustache of a hero, the hand of a Rubinstein, and, if it pleases him, the temper of a fiend.

From Robert Elsmere by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.