[F. chevelé lit. ‘haired,’ f. OF. chevel hair.] (See quot.)
1731–6. Bailey, Chevelle [in Heraldry] signifies streaming, i.e. a stream of light darting from a comet or blazing star, vulgarly called the Beard.
1751. Chambers, Cycl., Chevelle, used by the French heralds [of] a head, where the hair is of a different colour from the rest of the head.
