Meaning

(historical) A headdress for women popular in 18th century France..

Definitions by Sense

1. (historical) A headdress for women popular in 18th century France.
2. A high hair style for women consisting of a roll or pad of hair, worn up.
3. (dressmaking) Part of an item of clothing consisting of gathered fabric in a bunch.
4. A low cushioned seat with no back; a padded footstool.
5. A short skirt gathered into a rounded puffy shape; a puffball.
6. A ball of fabric (such as nylon monofilament netting) used for washing (as an alternative to a flannel, washcloth, sponge, etc.).
7. (dated) A small saddle cushion worn atop the buttocks (as a fashion trend – similar to a bustle).
8. Alternative form of puff

Example Sentences

Hosaka, nearly everyone agrees, is a master of detail, an artist who tends his poodles’ poufs as if they were bonsai trees from his native Japan.

The voice came from the end of the divan but Hermione, seated square before the fire on a low pouffe did not turn to face its suave producer.

Raeburn's handsome head was resting against the back of his chair; Eve sat on a pouf in front of the fire.

Italian Ambassador Amedeo Guillet, who makes it a practice never to eat at midday, lounged on a Moroccan pouf reading The Peter Principle.

Pistachio and date-filled cakes glisten under a glass cloche as customers drinking cardamom tea settle into brightly tapestried pouf chairs at the Pouya café and cultural center in Paris.

The same sort of blatant hypocrisy manifest in a tabloid paper notorious for its daily combination of a topless female centerfold with articles condemning the "immorality" of "poufs" and "queers."

to pouf the hair

Pouf, he was gone.

Word Forms

• poufs
• pouffe
• poufing
• poufed

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