'Scalp lock' definitions:
Definition of 'scalp lock'
From: WordNet
noun
A long tuft of hair left on top of the shaven head
Definition of 'Scalp lock'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- By the bare scalp of Robin Hodd's fat friar, This fellow were a king for our wild faction! --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Fig.: The top; the summit. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
- Scalp lock, a long tuft of hair left on the crown of the head by the warriors of some tribes of American Indians. [1913 Webster]