earlock

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

• noun A lock of curled hair that hangs in front of the ear.

from The Century Dictionary.

• noun A lock or curl of hair near the ear, worn by men of fashion in the reigns of Elizabeth and James I.; a love-lock.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

• noun A lock or curl of hair near the ear; a lovelock. See lovelock.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

• noun A lock of curly hair worn by the ear, often by Jewish men for religious reasons.