An eyebrow. Adaption of Middle Low German winbrâ, corresponding to Old High German wintbrâwe and German wimper, eyelash; formed of wint wind, and brow; (1400s-1600s).
- Sir James Murray's New English Dictionary, 1928
Blacke-hair'd, broad-ey'd, his hary win-browes meet.
- Thomas Heywood's Great Britaines Troy, 1609
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