rare. [f. prec. sb.] trans. ? To powder (a wig).
1799. Southey, Nondescr., vi. Some Barber’s leathern powder-bag Wherewith he feathers, frosts, or cauliflowers Spruce Beau, or Lady fair, or Doctor grave.
1845. Ld. Campbell, Chancellors (1857), III. lii. 249. To trim the whole Chapter and to cauliflower their wigs.
