vandyke
IPA: vændˈaɪk
noun
- An edge with ornamental triangular points.
- A style of facial hair which has both a mustache and goatee but with all cheek hair shaven, popular in Europe in the 17th century.
- A style of dress or collar similar to those in Anthony van Dyck's portrait paintings; a small round cape, the border ornamented with points and indentations.
- Alternative letter-case form of vandyke [An edge with ornamental triangular points.]
verb
- (transitive) To fit or furnish with a vandyke; to form with points or scallops like a vandyke.
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Examples of "vandyke" in Sentences
- Upperside dark to somewhat pale vandyke brown.
- The insistence on Qatar is the same as Vandyke.
- Palermo had grown a Vandyke beard and the paper ran photos of him.
- I am not insisting on the exclusion of the interpretation of Vandyke.
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