Obs. Also -oon. [a. F. bouffante espèce de guimpe gaufrée que portaient autrefois les femmes (Littré). See BOUFFANT(E a.] A projecting covering of gauze or linen for a ladys breast much worn about 1750 (Fairholt).
1774. Westm. Mag., II. 259. Ladies in full dress still wear buffoons for the neck. Ibid., 288. Plaited tuckers and buffons for the neck.
1783. European Mag., III. 15. Buffonts, trimmed and plain, are in universal use still.