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, II. xiii. 313. It’s not once in six months that Madame Baret’s coiffure is amiss, but they have got the sweeps to-day.
