hairline

[ hair-lahyn ]
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noun
  1. a very slender line.

  2. the lower edge of the hair, especially along the upper forehead: a hairline that slowly receded.

  1. worsted fabric woven with very fine lines or stripes.

  2. Printing.

    • a very thin line on the face of a type.

    • a style of type consisting entirely of such lines.

    • a thin rule for printing fine lines.

    • undesirable vertical lines between letters, caused by worn matrices.

adjective
  1. narrow or fine as a hair: a hairline fracture.

Origin of hairline

1
First recorded in 1725–35; hair + line1

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British Dictionary definitions for hairline

hairline

/ (ˈhɛəˌlaɪn) /


noun
  1. the natural margin formed by hair on the head

    • a very narrow line

    • (as modifier): a hairline crack

  1. printing

    • a thin stroke in a typeface

    • any typeface consisting of such strokes

    • thin lines beside a character, produced by worn or poorly cast type

  2. a rope or line of hair

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