eyebrow
/ˈaɪˌbɹaʊ/ · noun
Meaning
- The hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket.
- A dormer, usually of small size, whose roof line over the upright face is typically an arched curve, turning into a reverse curve to meet the horizontal line at either end.
- A clump of waste fibres that builds up in a roller machine.
- To build up waste fibres in a roller machine.
- To signal with one's eyebrows.
- A village in Saskatchewan, Canada.
Etymology / origin
From Middle English eȝebreu, alteration of Old English ēaganbrū (“eyebrow”), equivalent to eye + brow. The corresponding Old English ēagbrǣw meant "eyelid". Compare Dutch oogbrauw (“eyelid; eyelash; eyebrow”), German Augenbraue (“eyebrow”).
- ēaganbrū(ang)→
- eȝebreu(enm)→
- eyebrow (English)
- Relations: inh, inh
Related words
Descendant words
- Augbraame(Alemannic German) (cog)
- アイブロウ(Japanese) (bor)
- Aper(Luxembourgish) (cog)
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