Obs. [Fr., lit. ‘sheep’s head.’) A head-dress of close frizzly curls formerly worn by women.
1737. in Lady Suffolk’s Lett. (1824), II. 159. I beg she will not leave off her tête de mouton and her pannier.
1758. Humble Rem., etc. in Ann. Reg., I. 374/1. It may … become a French friseur, to acquaint the public that he makes a tete de mouton, or simply a tete.
