From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Coiffure \Coif"fure\, n. [F., fr. coiffer. See Coif.] A headdress, or manner of dressing the hair. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
coiffure
n 1: the arrangement of the hair (especially a woman's hair)
[syn: hairdo, hairstyle, hair style, coiffure,
coif]
v 1: arrange attractively; "dress my hair for the wedding" [syn:
dress, arrange, set, do, coif, coiffe,
coiffure]