chevelure
/ˌʃɛvəˈlʊr/
noun
- A head of hair; the hair on a person's head.
- Her chevelure was long and flowing in the wind.
- He combed his chevelure carefully before the job interview.
- The portrait showed a woman with a magnificent chevelure of red curls.
- The coma or tail of a comet, consisting of gas and dust.
- Astronomers studied the chevelure to learn about the comet's composition.
- Through the telescope, the chevelure looked like a fuzzy halo around the nucleus.
- The comet's chevelure glowed brightly as it approached the sun.