Hairline


[hair-lahyn] /ˈhɛərˌlaɪn/

noun
1.
a very slender line.
2.
the lower edge of the hair, especially along the upper forehead:
a hairline that slowly receded.
3.
worsted fabric woven with very fine lines or stripes.
4.
Printing.

adjective
5.
narrow or fine as a :
a hairline fracture.
/ˈhɛəˌlaɪn/
noun
1.
the natural margin formed by hair on the head
2.

3.
(printing)

4.
a rope or line of hair
n.

“cord made of hair,” 1731, from hair + line. Meaning “a very fine line” is from 1846. As “the outline of the hair on top of the head,” by 1903. As an adjective, of cracks, etc., by 1923.

hairline hair·line (hâr’līn’)
n.
The outline of the growth of hair on the head, especially across the front.

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