brow antler

American  

noun

1. the first prong from the base of a stag's antler.

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Etymology

Origin of brow antler

First recorded in 1590–1600

Example Sentences

Macaulay. µ The branch next to the head is called the brow antler, and the branch next above, the bez antler, or bay antler.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah

This kind of deer has no brow antler.

From Eight Years' Wanderings in Ceylon by Baker, Samuel White, Sir

The deer with which we have to deal range from the elaphine, or red deer type, to the simple bifurcated antler of the muntjac, which consists of a beam and brow antler only.

From Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon by Sterndale, Robert Armitage

And sometimes they used the broad end of the brow antler instead of a stone chisel.

From The Later Cave-Men by Brown, Howard V.

In the fourth year the top of the main beam throws out several small tines called "sur-royals," and the brow antler receives an addition higher up called the "bez-tine."

From Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon by Sterndale, Robert Armitage