chevelu, chevelure

chevelu, la chevelure (FR ADJ) hairy, covered in hair, (N-F) the fine branches at the end of a root; someone with long hair; the ensemble of all of someone's hair; (by extension) the tail of a comet. First appears in French in the 12th century, (1080) chevel, from Latin capillus (hair). (Banville, Gautier, Girod, Hugo, Loüys, Samain, van Lerberghe)