English edit

Etymology edit

From be- +‎ curl.

Verb edit

becurl (third-person singular simple present becurls, present participle becurling, simple past and past participle becurled)

  1. (transitive) To cover or deck out with curls.
    • 1909, Bengal, Past & Present: Journal of the Calcutta Historical Society, page 472:
      [] all bedressed, becurled and befeathered []
  2. (transitive, archaic) To curl; make curly.