Buffont

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.

Even to his unpracticed eye, the stitching showed the results of a patient hand. A loudly expelled breath drew his attention to Belle Latchett. Her impressive bosom rose inside a plum-colored brocade dress. A buffont of white gauze trembled ...

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.