Archæol. [L. tutulus.] A Roman head-dress formed by plaiting the hair in a cone above the forehead, worn esp. by the Flamen and his wife.
1753. Chambers, Cycl. Supp., Tutulus, among the Romans, a manner of dressing the hair, by gathering it up on the forehead into the form of a tower…. Tutulus likewise signified a woollen cap with a high top.
1816. J. Dallaway, Statuary & Sculpt., vi. 321. The head-dress is that of the wife of a pontifex, the tutulus or top of the hair is rolled with a lace round the crown of the head.
1891. Farrar, Darkn. & Dawn, xxvi. Domitia Lepida, whose tutulus, or conical head-dress, it was the exclusive task of a slave-maiden to adorn.
