beardline

noun

Etymology

From beard + line.

  1. derived from linea
  2. derived from ligne
  3. derived from *līno-
  4. inherited from *līną
  5. inherited from *līnǭ
  6. inherited from *līnā
  7. inherited from līne
  8. inherited from line
  9. formed as beardline — “beard + line

Definitions

  1. The line below the baseline where the descending letters, such as ⟨p⟩ or ⟨q⟩, sit.

    • The beardline is the line reached by descenders in letters like p and q.
  2. The outline of a beard.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for beardline. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA