Definition of Coiffures

1. Noun. (plural of coiffure) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Coiffures

1. coiffure [v] - See also: coiffure

Lexicographical Neighbors of Coiffures

coideals
coidentities
coidentity
coif
coifed
coiffe
coiffed
coiffes
coiffeur
coiffeurs
coiffeuse
coiffeuses
coiffing
coiffure
coiffured
coiffures (current term)
coiffuring
coifing
coifs
coign
coign of vantage
coigne
coigned
coignes
coigning
coigns
coil
coil gland
coil gun
coil spring

Literary usage of Coiffures

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Across Africa by Verney Lovett Cameron, Daniel Oliver (1877)
"Fantastic coiffures.—Personal Adornment. —A Struggle for Precedence.—Curiously-formed Trees and Excrescences.—Astonishing the Natives.—Adopted Fathers. ..."

2. Costume: Fanciful, Historical, and Theatrical by Eliza Aria, Mrs. Eliza (Davis) Aria (1906)
"It is TWO ITALIAN coiffures. interesting to note that the women of Genoa were bound by law to wear a dress of plain cloth, but that their undergarments were ..."

3. The Book of Costume: Or, Annals of Fashion: From the Earliest Period to the by Mary Margaret (Stanley) Egerton Wilton, Lady of rank (1846)
"This rivalled the coiffures of the Chinese ladies, and their favourite head-dress of the ... coiffures ..."

4. Travels in Little-known Parts of Asia Minor by Henry John Van-Lennep (1870)
"Jewels and ornaments — The censer — coiffures — Necklaces — Ear-rings — Ankle-rings — Nose-rings— Agricultural implements — Plough — Spade — Hoe — Joiner's ..."

5. Dictionnaire D'archéologie égyptienne by Paul Pierret (1875)
"Voyez coiffures, SANDALES. COTON. Malgré le témoignage de Pline (six, 8), on peut affirmer que le coton, si cultivé par les Egyptiens modernes, ..."

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