Scalp, n.
1. That part of the integument of the head which is usually covered with hair.
By the bare scalp of Robin Hodd's fat friar,
This fellow were a king for our wild faction! --Shak.
2. A part of the skin of the head, with the hair attached, cut or torn off from an enemy by the Indian warriors of North America, as a token of victory.
3. Fig.: The top; the summit.
Scalp lock, a long tuft of hair left on the crown of the head by the warriors of some tribes of American Indians.
scalp lock
n : a long tuft of hair left on top of the shaven head