scalplock

This Red must be six feet from sole to scalp, leaning against the wall, his head shaved except his scalplock, his clothing clean.

He Don't Know Him 2010

They'd met the driver only briefly -- a dour young man, wearing a scalplock of the kind favored by loonies -- before he'd shut the inner hatch leading to the forward tractor.

Analog Science Fiction and Fact 2004

The youngster whipped his head around, the scalplock flying.

The Eternal Mercenary Sadler, Barry 1980

He sat astride the billiard table under the acetylene lights, vainly trying to smooth down his scalplock, his eyes dancing in eager enjoyment of the hour and of the friends who crowded around him in affectionate amazement, laughing and shouting at each other and at him.

Terry A Tale of the Hill People Charles Goff Thomson

He used to joke me, and boast that he had that yellow lock at home, tied with a string, just like an Indian would an enemy's scalplock.

Fred Fenton on the Crew or, The Young Oarsmen of Riverport School Allen Chapman

In this ridiculous fashion the flapping boy-fish gave vent to his mingled feelings of reproach and regret as he found himself hauled close in to the side of the drifting _Wireless_, until the skipper managed to get his fingers twisted in the abundant scalplock of his boat-mate.

Motor Boat Boys Mississippi Cruise or, The Dash for Dixie Louis Arundel

Their name is derived from a word meaning "horn," and refers to their method of dressing the scalplock with grease and paint so that it stood up stiffly, ready to the enemy's hand.

The Trail Book Mary Hunter Austin 1901

So, not even taking time to ask your pardon for my Latin, sir, I catch Time by the scalplock and add a nick to my gun-stock.

The Reckoning 1899

An unlucky Moses got into a fatal altercation with a Comanche chief, whom he cheated out of a scalplock, as he was as baldheaded as a hen's egg.

Tales of Aztlan; the Romance of a Hero of our Late Spanish-American War, Incidents of Interest from the Life of a western Pioneer and Other Tales 1893

Where it had not been possible for an Indian to exist he now saw a scalplock in every bush.

The Shadow of the North A Story of Old New York and a Lost Campaign 1890