English edit

Etymology edit

eye +‎ line

Noun edit

eyeline (plural eyelines)

  1. (cosmetics) The horizontal portion of the face that includes the eyes.
  2. (cinematography) The direction in which an actor is looking.
    • 2010, Birgit Bräuchler, John Postill, Theorising Media and Practice, page 319:
      They realise that trajectories, space expansion and crushing are different with different lenses, whether wide angle or telephoto, and that actors' eyelines will be altered.
    • 2015, Leslye Headland, Sleeping with Other People:
      Jake: Really? Well, I still chose you.
      Paula: Why? Because I happened to be in your eye line?
  3. (zoology) Synonym of eyestripe

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