brow

Meanings

Noun

• The ridge over the eyes; the eyebrow.
• The first tine of an antler's beam.
• The forehead.
• The projecting upper edge of a steep place such as a hill.
• A gallery in a coal mine running across the face of the coal.
• Aspect; appearance.
• The gangway from ship to shore when a ship is lying alongside a quay.
• The hinged part of a landing craft or ferry which is lowered to form a landing platform; a ramp.

Verb

• To bound or limit; to be at, or form, the edge of.

Related

Similar words

• forehead

Origin

• From Middle English browe, from Old English brū, from Proto-Germanic *brūwō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃bʰrúHs (compare Middle Irish brúad, Tocharian B pärwāne, Lithuanian bruvìs, Serbo-Croatian obrva, Russian бровь, Ancient Greek ὀφρύς, Sanskrit भ्रू), Persian ابرو).