Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A beard cut to a sharp point in the middle, so as to form a peak or pike below the chin. This fashion is illustrated in most of the portraits of the time of Charles I.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete A pointed beard.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun obsolete A
pointed beard .
Etymologies
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pike point (from French pique) + French devant before.
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