Definitions for scalp lock

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

scalp′ lock`(n.)

  1. a long lock or tuft of hair left on the shorn scalp by some North American Indian men.

    Category: Anthropology

Origin of scalp lock:

1815–25, Amer.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. scalp lock(noun)

    a long tuft of hair left on top of the shaven head


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