Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Toupee

Toupee (?; 277) , noun

[French toupet, dim. of Old French top a tuft; of Teutonic origin, and akin to English top. See Top apex, and compare Topet.]

1.
A little tuft; a curl or artificial lock of hair.
2.
A small wig, or a toppiece of a wig.
Her powdered hair is turned backward over a toupee. — G. Eliot

Also: Toupet