Definition of "wig-block" [wig-block]

• A block shaped like the top of the head, designed to support a wig in the process of making or when not in use. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "After the most trifling reparation of a street it was customary to place his great wig-block (_tête à perruque_) there."
• "It will be asked whether I am not the ` elderly gentleman 'who sate ` despairing beside a clear stream', with a willow for his wig-block."
• "There was the old clergyman, such as Dr. Chauncey, wearing a white wig, which the barber took from his head and placed upon a wig-block."