noun
- hairstyles with deep, regular waves created by using heated curling irons
Usage: dated
verb
- creates deep, regular waves in hair using heated curling irons
Usage: dated
Examples
- The 1920s actress wore elegant marcels that framed her face perfectly.
- Her grandmother’s old photographs showed women with fashionable marcels.
- The hairstylist marcels her client’s hair for the vintage-themed party.
- She marcels her hair every morning before work.
- The beauty salon specialized in creating authentic marcels for period films.
- Those tight marcels were all the rage in the Jazz Age.