Also 8 quoiffure, coiffeure. [F., sb. of action f. coiffer to COIF, dress the head and hair.] A style or fashion of attiring the head and dressing the hair; head-dress, usually of women.
a. 1631. Donne, Hist. Septuagint (1633), 68 (T.). Drawing up the coifure to a highness royal.
1702. Addison, Dial. Medals (1727), 87. Methinks she is very particular in her Quoiffure. Ibid. (1711), Spect., No. 98, ¶ 1. I am highly pleased with the Coiffure now in Fashion.
1831. Cat’s Tail, 17. An old greasy night-cap, his morning coiffure.
1866. Mrs. H. Wood, St. Martin’s Eve, xxv. (1874), 319. It’s not once in six months that Madame Baret’s coiffure is amiss.
