DCHP-1 Online
mosquito wig Obs. 
n. a kind of cap having a long fringe of musk-ox hair, used as protection against mosquitoes, etc.
See also: mosquito fan
- 1795 (1947) Hearne . . . says the long hair used for these "musketto wigs" came from the throat and breast [of the musk-ox] where it "hangs down like a horse's mane inverted."
- 1832 Their [musk-oxen's] hair is very long . . . and . . . of this . . . the Esquimaux make their mosquito wigs.
- 1795 (1947) Hearne . . . says the long hair used for these "musketto wigs" came from the throat and breast [of the musk-ox] where it "hangs down like a horse's mane inverted."