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Definition of pouffe - 2 dictionary results

pouf

1[poof]
–noun
1. a high headdress with the hair rolled in puffs, worn by women in the late 18th century.
2. an arrangement of the hair over a pad; puff.
3. a puff of material as an ornament on a dress or headdress.
4. Also, pouffe. a broad, backless, usually round, cushionlike seat, often large enough for several people.

Origin:
1810–20; < F; see puff
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pouf 
"styles of elaborate female head-dress," 1817 (in ref. to styles of c.1780), from Fr. bouffer "to blow out, puff," probably of imitative origin. As a fashion in dress-making, recorded from 1869; in ref. to over-stuffed cushions, 1884.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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