buffont

An item of neckwear (a neckerchief), usually of linen, gauze, or lace, worn around the neck and puffed out over the bosom, popular from the 1750s to 1790s.

A [...] white ribbon was tied round her scraggy neck, while a buffont attempted to cover her bosom as flat as a deal board, [...]

[...] : a disproportion arising from the fact of the body being contrived for the admission of a buffont, a piece of dress composed of gauze, or fine linen, which was worn over the neck and breast, strutting out like the front of a pouting pigeon.

Alternative form of bouffant.

Perhaps the most famous American woman to wear a bouffant hairstyle was First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy.

See Figure 5-5 for an example of a bouffant cap on a face cradle.