white-faced

[ hwahyt-feyst, wahyt- ]

adjective
  1. having a white or pale face.

  2. marked with white on the front of the head, as a horse.

  1. having a white front or surface.

Origin of white-faced

1
First recorded in 1585–95

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How to use white-faced in a sentence

  • He stood a full six foot, and looked down at his companion, who sat whitefaced and shrinking.

    In Kedar's Tents | Henry Seton Merriman
  • This woodland belonged to me long before one of your whitefaced race put foot upon the soil.

    Devil Stories | Various
  • The Delaware scrambled to his feet and gathered a whitefaced woman in his arms, crushing her to his bloody chest.

    Bring Me His Ears | Clarence E. Mulford
  • Cleena was the first to reach it and to find John standing by the mouth of the well, whitefaced and trembling.

    Reels and Spindles | Evelyn Raymond
  • He looked from the little, whitefaced woman on the bed to the bulky figure of Mr. Gribble.

    The Weaker Vessel | W.W. Jacobs