Green’s Dictionary of Slang

a form of head-dress, briefly in fashion.

1605		London Prodigal IV iii: (N.), fr.: Thou canst tell how to help me to cheeks and ears. civ.: Ay, ay, Kester; ’tis such as they wear a’ their heads [OED].
1822		R. Nares Gloss. (1888) I 155: cheeks and ears. A fantastic name for a kind of head-dress, of temporary fashion.