marcel
verbEtymology Apparently from the French name Marcel, but accounts vary regarding who invented the style.
1
To wave (hair) by the marcel method.
- Like women sitting for two hours under the marcelling irons only to wonder two days later how soon they would need another appointment.1973, Toni Morrison, Sula, Chatto & Windus (1993), page 131:
2
Figuratively To wave.