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topknot

[ US /ˈtɑpˌnɑt/ ]
[ UK /tˈɒpknɒt/ ]
NOUN
  1. showy crest or knot of hair or feathers
  2. headdress consisting of a decorative ribbon or bow worn in the hair

How To Use topknot In A Sentence

  • Many of them keep long hairs arranged as a topknot known as dhammil in their community but not all of them keep their hair in the same style.
  • The men carry short swords in blunt-tipped scabbards slung around their necks, wear their hair in topknots and sport complicated, swirling facial tattoos.
  • His hair is oiled and groomed into a beehive topknot; his high, unfurrowed forehead is punctuated with a round caste mark.
  • The North Sea is not the greatest place for fish but on any dive you are likely to see pollack, coalfish, ballan wrasse, anglerfish, topknots and ling.
  • On her last stagger to the loos, she'd tied her hair up in a topknot, which Joan was now looking at with contempt. JUST BETWEEN US
  • The most common are dragonets, topknots, dabs, plaice and, if you're lucky, the occasional anglerfish and thornback ray.
  • Becky, slim and small, with her hair peaked up to a topknot, Becky in pale blue, Becky as fair as her string of imitation pearls, Becky in the golden haze of the softly illumined room, Becky, Becky Bannister -- the name chimed in his ears. The Trumpeter Swan
  • Eye clippings and leggings eye clippings, which are also referred to as face pieces, wiggings, or topknots, should never be mixed with crutchings.
  • However, we can easily guess his social status from his elaborate coiffure: in the manner of high-ranking men, his hair is done up in a topknot, kept in place by an ornamental hairpin.
  • Kings and Gods both wear their hair in beehive topknots and sit cross-legged gazing down from their gaddis under crimson parasols, as the courtiers feast, and dancing girls celebrate their victories over the enemy.
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