1. a lock or curl of hair hanging by the ear
Usage: often used in plural; historical or literary usage

Examples

• The portrait showed a young woman with golden earlocks framing her face.
• In the 18th century, fashionable gentlemen wore earlocks as part of their formal dress.
• She tucked an earlock behind her ear as she concentrated on her work.
• The child's dark earlocks bounced as she ran across the garden.
• Historical paintings often depicted nobility with carefully arranged earlocks.