Sentence:  Airman Wheeler, a rebellious sort who did not like his job anyway, disregarded the orders of his superior, Lieut. William Shortt, to get his hair "clipped close from ear to crown, with only a fringe on top of the head"—a haircut variously known as a white sidewall, an Apache, a <WSD>chrome-dome</WSD>. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A haircut in which the hair is clipped extremely close to the scalp.