1. a curl or lock of hair worn as a token of love or remembrance
Usage: archaic

Examples

• The Victorian woman kept a lovelock from her departed husband in a small locket.
• In the portrait, the gentleman wore a fashionable lovelock curled over his shoulder.
• She tied the lovelock with a silk ribbon as a keepsake.
• The custom of exchanging lovelocks was popular in the 17th century.
• He carefully preserved the lovelock in his diary between pressed flowers.