eyeline

English

Etymology

From eye +‎ line.

Noun

eyeline (plural eyelines)

1. (cosmetics) The horizontal portion of the face that includes the eyes.
2. (cinematography) The direction in which an actor is looking.
   • 2010, Birgit Bräuchler, John Postill, Theorising Media and Practice, page 319:

     They realise that trajectories, space expansion and crushing are different with different lenses, whether wide angle or telephoto, and that actors' eyelines will be altered.

   • 2015, Leslye Headland, Sleeping with Other People:

     Jake: Really? Well, I still chose you.
     Paula: Why? Because I happened to be in your eye line?

3. (zoology) Synonym of eyestripe

Related terms

• eyeliner