I. (ˈ)mär|sel, (ˈ)mȧ|s- noun
or marcel wave
( -s )
Etymology: after Marcel Grateau died 1936 French hairdresser
: a deep soft wave or series of such waves made in the hair by the use of a heated curling iron
II. verb
( marcelled ; marcelled ; marcelling ; marcels )
transitive verb
: to make a marcel in
regularly marcelled her hair
intransitive verb
: to make a marcel
skilled at marcelling