browful

English

Etymology

From brow +‎ -ful.

Noun

browful (plural browfuls)

1. Enough to cover or fill the brow.
   • 1946, The Chicago Theological Seminary Register:

     During these two decades I have lost most of my hair and gained a browful of wrinkles

   • 1996, Robert DiChiara, Alibis, page 99:

     But even Rodman's quip had no effect on Howard's browful of thought.

   • 1998, Eric Lee, Ill Conceived, page 6:

     "Gosh, I coulda had six V8s!" he said, grinning to himself, as he wiped a browful of sweat on a rumpled sleeve.

   • 2011, Ian Watson, Lucky's Harvest: Mana:

     A browful of horns ripped through peagreen minty foliage.