en brosse

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French en brosse (“crew cut”).

Adverb

en brosse (not comparable)

1. (dated) Of the hair: closely cropped so that the hairs stick upward, like the short bristles of a brush; in a crew cut.
   • 1956, Ian Fleming, chapter 4, in Diamonds Are Forever:

     He had a very square face whose sharp angles were accentuated by short, wiry black hair, cut en brosse and without side-whiskers.

Anagrams

• ensobers