topknot

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: top=knot

CIDE DICTIONARY

topknot, n. 

•  A crest or knot of feathers upon the head or top, as of a bird; also, an ornamental knot worn on top of the head, as by women.  [1913 Webster]

  "A great, stout servant girl, with cheeks as red as her topknot."  [1913 Webster]
•  A small Europen flounder (Rhoumbus punctatus). The name is also applied to allied species.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

topknot, n. a knot, tuft, crest, or bow of ribbon, worn or growing on the head.

THESAURUS

topknot

braid, bun, cap, capsheaf, caput, chignon, coil, crest, crown, cue, feather, hackle, head, heading, headpiece, knot, panache, pigtail, pinhead, pinion, plait, plume, plumule, queue, quill, rattail, scapular, tail, tuft, twist