Definition of "buffont"

A [...] white ribbon was tied round her scraggy neck, while a buffont attempted to cover her bosom as flat as a deal board, [...]

1782, The Hibernian Magazine, Or, Compendium of Entertaining Knowledge, page 91

[...] : a disproportion arising from the fact of the body being contrived for the admission of a buffont, a piece of dress composed of gauze, or fine linen, which was worn over the neck and breast, strutting out like the front of a pouting pigeon.

1857, The Journal of the British Archaeological Association, page 326

Even to his unpracticed eye, the stitching showed the results of a patient hand. A loudly expelled breath drew his attention to Belle Latchett. Her impressive bosom rose inside a plum-colored brocade dress. A buffont of white gauze trembled ...

1992, Stella Cameron, Only by Your Touch, Avon Books, pages 64–65

Perhaps the most famous American woman to wear a bouffant hairstyle was First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy.

2006, Victoria Sherrow, Encyclopedia of Hair: A Cultural History, Greenwood Publishing Group, page 69

See Figure 5-5 for an example of a bouffant cap on a face cradle.

2006, Ralph Stephens, Therapeutic Chair Massage, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, page 28