browe
Middle English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editInherited from Old English brū, from Proto-West Germanic *brūu, from Proto-Germanic *brūwō. The final vowel is generalised from the Old English oblique forms.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editbrowe (plural browes or browen)
- The eyebrow (line of hair above the eyes)
- The brow (part of the head the eyebrows are situated on)
- The eyelid (covering over the eyes)
- (rare) The brow (of a hill)
Descendants
editReferences
edit- “brǒue, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-02.
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