back-head
(ˈbækˈhɛd)
[f. back a. + head.]
a. False hair worn at the back of the head; chignon. b. Back part of the head.
| 1731 Gentl. Mag. I. 531 Dresses youthfully, wears back⁓heads. 1754 Richardson Grandison vii. 223 (D.) Her pale pink lustring and back-head. 1836 A. Walker Beauty Wom. 381 If the forehead be not large in proportion to the backhead. |