becurl

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From be- +‎ curl.

Verb[edit]

becurl (third-person singular simple present becurls, present participle becurling, simple past and past participle becurled)

  1. (transitive) To cover or deck out with curls.
    • 1909, Bengal, Past & Present: Journal of the Calcutta Historical Society, page 472:
      […] all bedressed, becurled and befeathered […]
  2. (transitive, archaic) To curl; make curly.
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