lovelock
/ˈlʌvlɑk/
noun
- A long lock of hair worn over the shoulder or ear, often as a romantic or fashionable style, especially in the 17th century.
- The museum displayed a painting of a cavalier with a carefully curled lovelock.
- Some young men in the 1600s grew a lovelock to show their devotion to a lady.
- In the portrait, the nobleman wore a lovelock that hung gracefully over his left shoulder.