Found 2 items, similar to scalp lock.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: scalp lock
scalp lock
n : a long tuft of hair left on top of the shaven head
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Scalp lock
Scalp
\Scalp\, n. [Perhaps akin to D. schelp shell. Cf.
Scallop.]
1. That part of the integument of the head which is usually
covered with hair.
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By the bare scalp of Robin Hodd's fat friar,
This fellow were a king for our wild faction!
--Shak.
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2. A part of the skin of the head, with the hair attached,
cut or torn off from an enemy by the Indian warriors of
North America, as a token of victory.
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3. Fig.: The top; the summit. --Macaulay.
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Scalp lock, a long tuft of hair left on the crown of the
head by the warriors of some tribes of American Indians.
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