Psyche knot

American  

noun

1. a woman's hairdo in which a knot or coil of hair projects from the back of the head.

---

Etymology

Origin of Psyche knot

First recorded in 1885–90

Example Sentences

Just six months since, Nancy had tucked up the bunch of curls into a Psyche knot and transformed the ribbon bow into a velvet bandeau.

From The Motor Maids in Fair Japan by Stokes, Katherine

The fair hair was brought smoothly up over the well-shaped head, and wound in a pretty, fluffy Psyche knot.

From Three Margarets by Barry, Etheldred B. (Etheldred Breeze)

“I’m not working to-day,” announced the operator shortly, arranging her huge Psyche knot at the mirror beside her desk.

From Molly Brown's Junior Days by Speed, Nell

He tried to imagine her daintily slippered, clad in white, with her loose hair gathered in a Psyche knot; or in evening dress, with arms and throat bare; but the pictures were difficult to make.

From A Mountain Europa by Fox, John

The Psyche knot at the back of her head, and the wreath of wild olive, certainly bespoke Belle.

From The Motor Girls by Penrose, Margaret