adjective/ʃə.vly/
hairy, long-haired
“[T]rois insurgés les assistaient, trois gaillards chevelus, barbus et moustachus.” — [T]hree insurgents were assisting them, three bushy-haired, jolly blades with beards and moustaches.
Related: chêne chevelu, coprin chevelu, crabier chevelu, cuir chevelu, pic chevelu
Inherited from Middle French chevelu, from Vulgar Latin *capillūtus. By surface analysis, cheveu (“hair”) + -u.