Curler

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Curler \Curl"er\ (k[^u]rl"[~e]r), n.
     1. One who, or that which, curls.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. A player at the game called {curling}. --Burns.
        [1913 Webster]


  
     3. A small cylindrical object sometimes having a clamping
        attachment, around which hair is wound so as to produce
        curls; as, she slept all night with a head full of
        curlers.
        [PJC]
  
     4. an electrical appliance with a handle and a metal
        rod-shaped tip which is heated and around which hair is
        wound, to produce curls in the hair; -- called also
        curling iron.
        [PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  curler
       n : a mechanical device consisting of a cylindrical tube around
           which the hair is wound to curl it; "a woman with her
           head full of curlers is not a pretty sight" [syn: {hair
           curler}, {roller}, {crimper}]