1. A long wig with the back hair enclosed in a silk bag or net, worn especially in the 18th century.
Usage: historical; also called a bagged wig

Examples

• The gentleman wore a bagwig as was fashionable during the Georgian era.
• Bagwigs were popular among wealthy men in the 1700s.
• The portrait shows the subject in a formal bagwig tied with a black ribbon.
• Servants often helped their masters arrange their bagwigs each morning.
• By the late 18th century, the bagwig had fallen out of fashion among younger men.