Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Toupee \Tou*pee"\ (?; 277), Toupet \Tou*pet"\ (?; 277), n. [F.
   toupet, dim. of OF. top a tuft; of Teutonic origin, and akin
   to E. top. See {Top} apex, and cf. {Topet}.]
   1. A little tuft; a curl or artificial lock of hair.

   2. A small wig, or a toppiece of a wig.

            Her powdered hair is turned backward over a toupee.
                                                  --G. Eliot.